How to get rid of the booster Virus
Sometimes the booster file may hide a virus (, e.g. Kaspersky found Trojan.Win64.Miner.zl, as well as TrendMicro found Coinminer_CryptoNight.SM-WIN64). If your antivirus software does not detect a virus, try using an additional free antivirus program.Other problems with booster.exe
The booster.exe process is also known as XMRig CPU miner or, as the case may be, CPU boostupper and is a part of XMRig or, as the case may be, BoostUP. This software is produced by www.xmrig.com or, as the case may be, BoostUp. An outdated or faulty version of booster.exe can cause problems for your computer, ranging from slowness to error messages like these:
- XMRig CPU miner has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem... (Windows 11, 10, 7)
- XMRig CPU miner has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. (Windows 11, 10, 7)
- booster.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- Access violation at address FFFFFFFF in module booster.exe. Read of address 00000000.
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What you should know about booster.exe XMRig CPU miner
booster.exe is not a Windows system file and is known to frequently cause computer problems. Booster.exe is found in a subdirectory of "C:\Users\USERNAME".
Frequently occurring are file sizes such as 860,160 bytes (66% of all these files) or, as the case may be, 590,848 bytes.
It was developed by a so-called third party provider - and not by Microsoft. This booster.exe process can initiate a network connection--either to the Internet or on your LAN. There is no internal description of the file. The application does not appear as a visible window, but only in Task Manager. This process is initiated as part of Windows start-up (Registry: MACHINE\Run, Userinit).
Booster.exe is capable of track other applications.
For this reason, 78% of all experts consider this file to be a possible threat. The probability that it can cause harm is high.
Attention: If you find booster.exe on your computer, please scan it with an anti-virus product. If your anti-virus software does not recognize it as being harmful, then please make sure that you have the latest update of the signature file, or check the file online. For this option, you may want to use Security Task Manager. Here, click on the process with the right mouse button and send the file to an online virus scanner.
What do other computer users say about booster?
The file spreads very slowly and does not often make an appearance. Therefore, feedback from other users is not yet available.
Summary: source: file.net
How to uninstall XMRig or BoostUP
To remove XMRig CPU miner from your computer, please follow the manual instructions below.
- Click the Windows Start Button. You can find it in the lower-left corner of the taskbar.
- Type 'uninstall'.
- Click Add or remove programs.
- Now locate XMRig or BoostUP in the list of displayed applications.
- Click the program, and then click Uninstall.
How to check if booster.exe (XMRig CPU miner) was uninstalled completely
After uninstalling, restart your computer. Then open Windows Explorer and check if a folder with the software name still exists under C:\Program Files. Also, check the Registry for remnants of XMRig CPU miner. To do this, start Regedit, then look under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software for: XMRig CPU miner or the name of the producer. Keep in mind that only a computer professional should delete entries in the Windows Registry directly.
Last but not least
If Windows is not working properly, startup is slow, or booster.exe is causing problems, a good Windows diagnostic tool may help. This is especially effective when it comes to older computers that have accumulated vast quantities of "garbage data" as the result of many software installs and uninstalls.
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