RunBooster Adware - How To Remove RunBooster Adware Virus

What is RunBooster?

RunBooster is a malicious program developed to display a never-ending loop of advertisements. Once this infection has invaded the security of your computer, advertisement pop-ups would be thrown at your screen every time you go online. If the adware successfully establishes itself firmly in the operating system, you would face a considerable number of ads even if your web browsers are not running.

The RunBooster ads may show up surprisingly or display when the victim visits a particular web page or clicks on an infected link.

The RunBooster pop-ups would usually have these texts at the bottom of its banners “Powered by RunBooster”, “Brought to you by RunBooster”, “RocketTab powered by RunBooster”, “Ads by RunBooster” or “Ads powered by RunBooster”.

Adware distributors are known to gather personal information like your IP-address, your location, browser type, Operating System details.

When your computer is infected with an adware, all your web browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and MS Edge may redirect you to fake security warnings or to sponsored advertisement banners. Although, an adware might not damage any files or Windows system, it will certainly annoy you with the frequent notification or ad banner. As it is a malicious program and the longer it stays on a computer, the more it weakens the firewall of the computer making way for other malware’s.

How does RunBooster adware infect a computer?

1. This adware is a result of browser hijacking.
2. When a computer is influenced by a browser hijacker it would make way for all the other malware and one of the common malware is adware.
3. The malware authors have developed advanced tools which can scan the network for target computers running an older version of windows or for computers running outdated antivirus and antimalware programs.
4. It can infect the computer through infected websites or malevolent websites.
5. It can also infect the computer through portable storage devices like USB stick or portable hard drive.
6. Adware can also infect the computer via third-party websites, while you want to view or download a free content or want to try a free program, in this case, these free things could come bundled with such malicious programs.
7. In such case, a small button or a checkbox that may show the presence of the additional adware. In spite of that small button, many individuals don't see the button as they tap onto the Next to install the required program.

Common symptoms of RunBooster adware include

1. Unstable behavior of the browser, frequent crashes.
2. Default home page of the browser changes.
3. New add-ons toolbars and extensions are added in the browser.
4. Every time you go online searching your something you get redirected to the target portal or to fake security warning which would want you to download a program to fix your computer.
5. Poor system performance, slow response time as the advertisement would pop out of nowhere on the screen even when the browser is disabled.
6. Slow internet browsing speed or internet would stop unexpectedly.
7. The operating system would crash now and then, or computer would boot up for no reason.
8. An adware gradually weakens the security of the computer authorizing the installation of other malware programs.
9. New icons are added or suspicious programs appear on the desktop screen out of nowhere.
10.  Certain system setting and browser settings are disabled or changed.
11.  Ads pop up even when the browser is not open.
12.  New tabs open in browser to display ads or search results would always end up with adds.

Tips to Prevent RunBooster Adware from Infecting Your System: