Should I remove SO_Booster?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

85% remove it15% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

What do people think about it?

(click star to rate)

How common is it?

Global Rank #17,389

United States Rank #21,398

Reach 0.0142%

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

< 17.78 days

524.49 days >

Average installed length: 275.58 days

Versions

Version	Distribution
4.3.0.1988	0.36%
4.3.0.1973	0.36%
4.3.0.1824	0.36%
4.3.0.1814	0.36%
4.3.0.1784	0.36%
4.3.0.1705	0.36%
4.3.0.1689	0.36%
4.3.0.1673	0.36%
4.3.0.1657	0.36%
4.3.0.1578	0.36%
4.3.0.1452	0.36%
4.3.0.1368	0.36%
4.3.0.1320	0.36%
4.3.0.1292	0.36%
4.3.0.1282	0.36%
4.3.0.1201	0.36%
4.3.0.1103	0.36%
4.3.0.1090	0.36%
4.2.0.1995	0.36%
4.2.0.1895	0.36%
4.2.0.1772	0.36%
4.2.0.1769	0.36%
4.2.0.1747	0.36%
4.2.0.1550	0.36%
4.2.0.1429	0.36%
4.2.0.1347	0.36%
4.2.0.1259	0.36%
4.2.0.1257	0.36%
4.2.0.1244	0.36%
4.2.0.1234	0.36%
4.2.0.1230	0.36%
4.2.0.1200	0.36%
4.1.0.1996	0.36%
4.1.0.1943	0.36%
4.1.0.1880	0.36%
4.1.0.1757	0.36%
4.1.0.1736	0.36%
4.1.0.1732	0.36%
4.1.0.1639	0.36%
4.1.0.1617	0.36%
4.1.0.1608	0.36%
4.1.0.1603	0.36%
4.1.0.1545	0.36%
4.1.0.1537	0.36%
4.1.0.1487	0.36%
4.1.0.1306	0.36%
4.1.0.1280	0.36%
4.1.0.1124	0.36%
4.1.0.1042	0.36%
4.1.0.1022	0.36%
4.0.0.1946	0.36%
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SO_Booster

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What is SO_Booster?

This adware injects itself into the user's web browser (IE, Chrome and Firefox) and will display out-of context advertising on web sites that are not associated with the software or its affiliate partners. Advertisements will be displayed as banner and video ads, search related ads, transitional and in-text ads and links. The software will also periodically self-update and call home for instructions as well as additional ad feeds and reporting of how the user interacts with the software as well as what domains and web pages the user visits.

Overview

The most used version is 4.3.0.1988, with over 49% 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 main program executable is SO_Booster.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 1 files and is usually about 717.62 KB (734,839 bytes).

Possible malware installed by this program
Starts automatically
Installed as part of a co-bundle
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in SO_Booster.

SO_Booster.exe (1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb) has been flagged by the following 28 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
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

SO_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 details

Displayed publisher: PremiumSoft

Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\application fields software\so_booster

Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\application fields software\so_booster\so_booster.exe" /uninstall

Estimated size: 717.62 KB

Files installed by SO_Booster

Program executable:	SO_Booster.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\ProgramData\application fields software\so_booster\SO_Booster.exe
MD5:	1d283dd3ae2312eee624e8b8c46f6adb

(Malware detected) SO_Booster.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)

SO_Booster.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SW_Booster-S-2021471501.

Resource utilization averages
Show technical details

SO_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 SO_Booster?

You can uninstall SO_Booster from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

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.

When you find the program SO_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).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove SO_Booster.
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) 59%

Win Vista (SP1) 1%

HOW IT STARTS

Scheduled task? Yes

(Runs on Windows boot)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 85%

Keep it 15%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 7	67.49%
Windows 10	24.73%
Windows XP	4.95%
Windows Vista	2.83%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium	27.96%
Windows 7 Ultimate	24.37%
Windows 7 Professional	9.32%
Windows 8.1	7.89%
Windows 8.1 Pro	5.02%
Microsoft Windows XP	4.66%

Geography

28.39% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	28.39%
Mexico	3.79%
Turkey	3.15%
Brazil	2.84%
India	2.84%
Saudi Arabia	2.84%
BD	2.52%
France	2.52%
United Kingdom	2.52%
Taiwan	2.21%
Spain	1.89%
Argentina	1.89%
Hong Kong	1.89%
Italy	1.89%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard	24.23%
Acer	17.53%
ASUS	15.98%
Dell	12.89%
GIGABYTE	10.82%
Samsung	6.19%
Lenovo	5.67%
Toshiba	4.64%
Sony	1.03%
Intel	1.03%
Common models
ASUS All Series	2.56%
Hewlett-Packard Presario ...	2.56%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P...	2.56%
HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook ...	2.56%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ...	2.56%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300...	2.56%

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