How to Uninstall PC Booster Completely and Safely

What is PC Booster?

Does your computer keep receiving pop up ads from PC Booster stating “WARNING! Your PC may be at risk”. And then this program will recommend doing system scan to fix it. However, it doesn’t ask for your permission to get installed on your computer and then perform a fake scan. Usually the scan results will display a lot of errors and warns stating that your computer has been infected by bunches of the computer virus and you need to remove it ASAP. Is the pop up message real? To remove the so-called virus, you need to purchase the full version of it. However, if you did purchase the full version of PC Booster, it does nothing help for your current situation but just will slow down your computer performance and display annoying pop up warning to interfere with your browsing activities.

PC Booster shows malicious traits

• It gets into your computer without asking users’ permission and performs fake scans randomly.
• It can modify your default system settings and add the registry files to the startup items so that it can automatically run itself every time you launch your computer.
• It can monitor your online traces.

Step by Step Guide to Manually Remove PC Booster

1) Boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking.

To perform this procedure, please restart your computer and keep pressing F8 key until Windows Advanced Options menu shows up, then using arrow key to select “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list and press ENTER to get into that mode.

2) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to pull up Window Task Manager and end suspicious processes:

3) Check the following directories and remove all these associated files:

%Profile%\Local Settings\Temp\
%ProgramFiles%\
%UserProfile%\

4) Open Registry Editor by navigating to Start Menu, type in Regedit, and then click OK. When you have been in Registry Editor, please remove the following related registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced “ShowSuperHidden” = 0

5) After you finish the above steps, please reboot your computer and get in normal mode to check the effectiveness.

Solution two: Get rid of PC Booster by automatic scan of SpyHunter removal tool

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to help computer users to clean up the infections like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware,etc. It is important to note that SpyHunter removal tool works well and should run alongside existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step one: Click the icon to download SpyHunter removal tool

Follow the instructions to install SpyHunter removal tool

 

Step two: After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC

Step three: Select the detected malicious files after your scanning and click “Remove” button to clean up all viruses.

Note: If you are not a computer savvy and want to remove it quickly, you are welcome to download Spyhunter automatic removal tool to get rid of PC Booster immediately!