There are 51 versions of boost.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.0.4633.21570. boost.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. In addition the the run registry key, it also creates a scheduled job to be executed by the Windows Task Scheduler up user login, this is typically done in order to bypass a User Account Control (UAC) prompt. The average file size is about 4.69 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Reason Software Company Inc. by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Boost from Reason Software Company Inc.. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0050% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 81.76 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 2.75 MB per minute for reads and 1.33 KB per minute for writes.
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(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of boost.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
United States installs about 47.61% of Boost.
