ascservice.exe
Advanced SystemCare by IObit Information Technology (Signed)
Overview
ascservice.exe has 16 known versions, the most recent one is 7.0.0.15. It is started as a Windows Service called 'AdvancedSystemCareService7' with the name 'AdvancedSystemCareService7' and described as “Advanced SystemCare Service”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 731.96 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to IObit Information Technology by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 7, Advanced SystemCare 6 and IObit Advanced SystemCare 6 have been observed as installing specific variations of ascservice.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0085% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 24.09 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 193.35 KB per minute for reads and 13.03 KB per minute for writes.
What is ascservice.exe?
Advanced SystemCare (formerly Advanced Windows Care) is a computer tool for Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 2000 created by IObit. It is used to improve computer performance and speed. Advanced SystemCare includes a free version and a PRO version. Functions on both versions include cleaning up computer registries, do a disk defragmentation, scan for malware, and clean up broken shortcuts. Advanced SystemCare includes utilities such as tuneup, security and admin tools.
About ascservice.exe (from IObit Information Technology)
“Advanced SystemCare Free (formerly Advanced WindowsCare Personal) has a one-click approach to help protect, repair, clean, and optimize your PC. With over 100 MILLION downloads since 2006, this fantas”
Details |
File name: | ascservice.exe |
Publisher: | IObit |
Product name: | Advanced SystemCare |
Description: | Advanced SystemCare Service |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\iobit\advanced systemcare 5\ascservice.exe |
Original name: | Advanced SystemCare Service |
Certificate |
Issued to: | IObit Information Technology |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Expiration date: | Saturday, January 5, 2013 |
Windows Service |
Service name: | AdvancedSystemCareService7 |
Display name: | AdvancedSystemCareService7 |
Description: | “Advanced SystemCare Service” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Advanced SystemCare.)
“PC Medic features ease–of–use tools with powerful capabilities that will enhance your computer. With one click, it scans and repairs ten PC problems and protects your PC from hidden security threats. ...”
“Advanced SystemCare is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes one-click approach to help protect, repair and optimize your computer. Scanning and finding what other utilities might miss, it can k...”
Advanced SystemCare 6 is a software program used to improve computer performance and speed. Advanced SystemCare includes a free version and a PRO version. Functions on both versions include cleaning u...
“Advanced SystemCare 7 provides automated and all-in-one PC care service with Malware Removal, Registry Fix, Privacy Protection, Performance Tune-up, and System Cleaning capabilities. It also creates s...”
“Free registry repair and cleaner - Advanced SystemCare Free 6. What does it help? Slow down, freeze, crash and security threats are over. Advanced SystemCare Free is a comprehensive PC care utility th...”
Advanced SystemCare is stated to improve computer performance and speed. Advanced SystemCare includes a free version and a paid version. Functions on both versions include cleaning up computer registr...
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Advanced SystemCare 6. What does it help? Slow down, freeze, crash and security threats are over. Advanced SystemCare Free is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes an one-click approach to help...”
Installs a Spigot toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Spigot so they can suggest services or provide ads via t...
“Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop. It can hide icons when they are not in use as well as make it easy to place icons into moveable groups called "fences". You can have pages of...”
WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility that supports RAR, and ZIP and can unpack ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE and 7z compressed archives. Version 5 uses the RAR5 arc...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of ascservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- AdvancedSystemCareService7
- 'AdvancedSystemCareService7' (Advanced SystemCare Service 7)
- 'AdvancedSystemCareService5' (Advanced SystemCare Service 5)
- 'AdvancedSystemCareService6' (Advanced SystemCare Service 6)
All file variations of ascservice.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
29.08% |
|
Microsoft Windows XP |
19.84% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
18.21% |
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Windows 8 |
6.25% |
|
Windows 8 Pro |
6.25% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
4.62% |
|
Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.53% |
|
Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.99% |
|
Windows 8.1 |
2.17% |
|
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.17% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.09% |
|
Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.54% |
|
Windows 8 Pro N |
0.54% |
|
Windows 7 Starter |
0.54% |
|
Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.54% |
|
Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
0.54% |
|
Windows 8 Single Language |
0.54% |
|
Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.27% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate N |
0.27% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 37.81% of Advanced SystemCare.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
24.50% |
|
Hewlett-Packard |
17.66% |
|
Acer |
14.53% |
|
ASUS |
7.98% |
|
Toshiba |
7.41% |
|
Compaq |
5.70% |
|
Sony |
5.13% |
|
Lenovo |
5.13% |
|
Gateway |
2.85% |
|
American Megatrends |
2.85% |
|
GIGABYTE |
2.85% |
|
Intel |
1.71% |
|
Sahara |
1.14% |
|
Samsung |
0.57% |
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