Home Possibly Unwanted Program BoostMyPC

BoostMyPC

Posted: May 22, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 17,381
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 3,256
First Seen: May 22, 2017
Last Seen: August 4, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


BoostMyPC is a PC optimization tool that claims to improve a computer's loading time, overall performance, as well as to clean up disk space by getting rid of junk files, unnecessary data, and other old files that are no longer required for programs to run. However, what the official website of BoostMyPC may forget to mention is that the trial version of this software is unable to perform any of the advertised operations. Instead, it only serves as a scanning tool that can diagnose potential issues, and then generate a report telling users how many are the pending optimizations for their computer. If a user of BoostMyPC wants to carry out the performance fixes, then they'll be asked to pay for the full version of BoostMyPC and, at the moment, the price of this tool does not appear to be justified.

The features that BoostMyPC offers are nothing special, and even users who need them should be aware that there are many more reputable and entirely free software suites that can carry out the tasks that BoostMyPC has to offer. In addition to this, the BoostMyPC software is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program so that many anti-virus products might detect and remove it completely. However, this does not mean that BoostMyPC is a threatening application and, in fact, it is safe to have it on your computer completely.

If you do not remember agreeing to install BoostMyPC or if you simply do not wish to continue using its services, then you should consider uninstalling this application either manually or with the assistance of security software. While BoostMyPC is not considered to be harmful, it would be a good idea to take care of its removal with the use of a credible anti-malware utility.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathBoost My PC.lnkRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\Boost My PC Scan%WINDIR%\Tasks\Boost My PC Scan.jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Boost My PCSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Boost My PC ScanSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Boost My PC startupsSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Boost My PC.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Boost My PCHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Boost My PC

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Boost My PC%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Boost My PC%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Boost My PC%PROGRAMFILES%\Boost My PC%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Boost My PC
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