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Should I remove SN.Booster?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #15,200
United States Rank #19,896
Reach 0.0182%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.75 days
582.70 days >
Average installed length: 306.16 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.3.0.1983 0.28%
4.3.0.1861 0.28%
4.3.0.1762 0.28%
4.3.0.1751 0.28%
4.3.0.1743 0.28%
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4.3.0.1093 0.28%
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4.3.0.1042 0.56%
4.2.0.1890 0.28%
4.2.0.1887 0.56%
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4.1.0.1698 0.28%
4.1.0.1668 0.28%
352 versions

SN.Booster

What is SN.Booster?

This is a JustPlug.It web browser extension that is delivered via the WebPick (InstalleRex) download and install manager. It is included with various adware offer bundles and is a cross browser extension that runs with multiple parts including a Windows service, an auto-starting component and the browser toolbar/plugin which is designed to inject advertisements in the browser in form of banner ads, hyper-text links and popups. In addition, some versions might hijack existing advertising on web sites as well as inject affiliate codes in links as coupon offers. The advertisements that are displayed in the browser could include deceptive malvertising ads for 'required' updates of known common programs as well as unwanted pop-ups advertisements. If downloaded these programs install a number of bundled adware utilities and additional browser extensions. Additionally components of the program will modify the browser's default security levels.

Overview

The most common release is 4.3.0.1042, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). The primary executable is named SN.Booster.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 1 files and is usually about 717.61 KB (734,828 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Starts automatically
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Displays unwanted advertisements
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in SN.Booster.
SN.Booster.exe (1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb) has been flagged by the following 28 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
AhnLab-V3 2014.01.09 Trojan/Win32.Agent
Avira AntiVir 7.11.124.22 TR/Downloader.A.988
avast! 2014.9-140108 Win32:Agent-ASOC [Adw]
AVG 2015.0.3601 Downloader.Generic13
Baidu-International 4.0.3.1418 Trojan.Win32.Agent.50
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4613 W32.SauseiLTAR.Trojan
Commtouch SDK 5.4.1.7 W32/Trojan.IDAE-2984
Comodo Security 17576 TrojWare.Win32.TrojanDownloader.Agent.AFD
Dr.Web 9.0.0.08 Trojan.DownLoad3.30962
ESET-NOD32 8.9264 a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Agent.AFD
Fortinet FortiGate 1/8/2014 W32/Agent.AFD!tr.dldr
G Data 14.1.22 Win32.Trojan-Downloader.Agent.AU
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.2.29 Win32.SuspectCrc
K7 AntiVirus 13.175.10766 Trojan-Downloader
K7GW 13.175.10776 Trojan-Downloader ( 0048ec4f1 )
Kingsoft AntiVirus 331020.49267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes v2014.01.08.11 PUP.Optional.MultiPlug.A
McAfee 5600.7257 RDN/Downloader.a!oi
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7257 RDN/Downloader.a!oi
NANO AntiVirus 0.28.0.57029 Trojan.Win32.Agent.cojdgu
Norman 10.20140108 Suspicious_Gen4.FKQEC
Panda Antivirus 14.01.08.11 Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos 4.96 Troj/Agent-AFFX
Symantec 1/8/2014 rev. 4 Trojan.Gen
Trend Micro 10.465.08 TROJ_SPNR.29L213
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.8 TROJ_SPNR.29L213
VIPRE Antivirus 25218 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot 2011.4.7.4223 Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.729600.B
       View all 28 all detections
SN.Booster has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: PremiumSoft
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\miniapp\sn.booster
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\miniapp\sn.booster\sn.booster.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 717.61 KB

Program filesFiles installed by SN.Booster

Program executable:SN.Booster.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\ProgramData\miniapp\sn.booster\SN.Booster.exe
MD5:1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb
  • (Malware detected) SN.Booster.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • SN.Booster.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SW_Booster-S-2021471501.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

SN.Booster.exe
Memory:1024 KB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000125145%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00000264%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00000988%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:332
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:14 Bytes
435.61 KB average

How do I remove SN.Booster?

You can uninstall SN.Booster from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program SN.Booster, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove SN.Booster.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 8 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 64.62%
Windows 10 26.74%
Windows Vista 5.29%
Windows XP 3.34%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 24.23%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.12%
Windows 7 Professional 11.42%
Windows 8.1 8.08%
Windows 8 4.18%
Windows 8 Pro 4.18%

Distribution by countryGeography

27.96% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 27.96%
  India 4.03%
  Brazil 2.96%
  Canada 2.69%
  Netherlands 2.69%
  Turkey 2.69%
  Spain 2.42%
  Italy 2.15%
  MA 2.15%
  Sweden 1.88%
  United Kingdom 1.88%
  Chile 1.88%
  Israel 1.88%
  Philippines 1.88%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 31.17%
ASUS 17.32%
Acer 15.58%
Dell 13.85%
Samsung 6.06%
Toshiba 6.06%
GIGABYTE 5.63%
Lenovo 2.16%
Sahara 1.30%
Alienware 0.87%
Common models
HP 2000 Notebook PC 4.29%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.57%
HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P... 3.57%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.86%
ASUS All Series 2.14%
HP 650 Notebook PC 2.14%

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