Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Child process
boost.exe
boost by Boost
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | 7c397b2eaa9070477b04c432c6d236e4 |
| SHA1: | a2eca12df23ba220a87af4b9c38b1cd0217bca5c |
What is boost.exe?
Boost maintains performance and stability by preventing unnecessary programs from consuming system resources and affecting critical programs. When you start to feel your PC become sluggish, don't reboot, simply give your PC an instantaneous Boost with just one click.
About boost.exe (from Boost)
“Boost helps to restore the pep in your PC by removing crapware, bloatware, trialware, bundleware, and adware. Such “crapware” (and yes that’s an industry term) is known to cause system crashes, boot d”
Details
| File name: | boost.exe |
| Publisher: | Boost Inc. |
| Product name: | boost |
| Typical file path: | C:\documents and settings\xpmuser\desktop\boost\boost.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 1.48 MB (1,547,776 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.706816 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'boost' → "C:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser\Desktop\boost\boost.exe" /a
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 6.18969725% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 3.41844185% | |
| User CPU: | 2.77125540% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,220 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 5,605/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 42.93 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 39.69 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 35.78 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 42.93 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 324.97 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 342.97 MB | |
| Working set: | 48.39 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 61.44 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 17 | |
| Handles: | 531 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 74 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 76 | |
| GUI USER count: | 146 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 150 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 11.36561371% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 2.97133450% | |
| User CPU: | 8.39427921% | |
| Context switches: | 1,526/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.56 MB | |
| mscoree.dll (Microsoft .NET Framework by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 6.53019588% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 1.62936392% | |
| User CPU: | 4.90083196% | |
| Context switches: | 122/sec | |
| Memory: | 280 KB | |
| boost.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 2.63808591% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.94700520% | |
| User CPU: | 1.69108071% | |
| CPU cycles: | 83,726,567/sec | |
| Context switches: | 270/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.5 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows XP Professional |
28.89% |
|
| Windows XP Home Edition |
22.22% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
13.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
6.67% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.44% |
|
| Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition |
4.44% |
|
| Windows Server 2008 Standard |
4.44% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.44% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition |
4.44% |
|
| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
2.22% |
|
| Microsoft Windows 7 Professional |
2.22% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
2.22% |
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