Desktops forum: How do I get rid of PC Booster dialogue box pop up?

Did you uninstall it from the proper location? What is your OS and what have you done so far to get rid of it? Here's where you can look for what's causing the popup, however. Go to Start/Programs/Startup. If you see anything there related to the program, right click and delete it. Next, go to Start/Run and type "msconfig" (without quotes). Go to the Startup tab and look for anything that sounds like PC Booster and uncheck it. You will need to restart the PC to make this change take affect. Good luck.

Can you find it's program folder. You can delete that but could end up with an error message replacing the PC Booster pop-up. Another way would be to search the "run" area of the windows registry. How comfortable are you with "regedit"?

I had the same problem. It turns out PC Booster is from AVG (I used the free AVG virus buster protection) and had tried out the free AVG PC Speedup once, deciding not to buy it. I tried everything below to get rid of the pop-up and finally called an AVG tech. They assigned a "problem number" and gave me two toll free numbers to call. After a few hours I called back and they said check my e-mail home page. That sick flashing red square pop-up was finally gone.
The number they gave me was toll free 1/855/356-3769 or 1/855/554-0131 for the tech guys (who sound like they are in India).

Sometimes these hide their names and make searching difficult. If you found it in a folder of it's own and not in a shared or windows system folder, I'd get rid of that as well.