Performance Center
by Ascentive
What is Performance Center?
Performance Center is software application developed by Ascentive. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 54.73% of installations running this operating system. Performance Center's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 6 files. The most common release is 2.42 with 68.69% of all installations currently using this version.
Performance Center is most popular in the United States with 87.84% of installations residing in this country.
Performance Center adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.
About Performance Center?
The Ascentive Performance Center is included as part of the default software bundle from Ascentive and may not be automatically uninstalled when removing the bundled program. In some cases, users may find it difficult to remove the Performance Center from their system.
Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Performance Center.
| Scanner Software | Version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| AhnLab-V3 | 2010.10.03 | Malware/Win32.Generic |
| Avira AntiVir | 7.10.12.111 | SPR/Tool.3239936 |
| AVG | 2014.0.3577 | Fake_AntiSpyware |
| Bitdefender | 1.0.20.1375 | Spyware.3609 |
| Comodo Security | 6270 | UnclassifiedMalware |
| F-Secure | 11.2013-02-10_4 | Spyware.3609 |
| G Data | 13.10.21 | Spyware.3609 |
| K7 AntiVirus | 13.63.2662 | Trojan |
| ESET NOD32 | 5498 | Win32/Adware.Ascentive |
| Norman | 10.20131002 | W32/Spyware.CVD |
| nProtect | 10.10.02.01 | Trojan-Spy/W32.Agent.3239936 |
| Panda Antivirus | 13.10.02.03 | Application/Ascentive |
| Vba32 AntiVirus | 3.12.14.1 | Win32.Adware.Ascentive |
Software Behaviors
- Scheduled tasks:
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- ApcMain.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Performance Center_DESKTOP-ABD3O3L@john m willis'.
- Launcher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BCD27006-2DEB-4E58-9159-E7C19BE8F570}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- ApcMain.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Performance Center@Logon.
- Registry entries:
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- ApcMain.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Performance Center' and executes as C:\Program Files\Ascentive\Performance Center\APCMain.exe -m.
- Launcher.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Performance Center' and executes as C:\Program Files\Ascentive\Performance Center\Launcher.exe -m.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.ascentive.com
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\Ascentive\Performance Center
- Uninstaller:
- C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{BB05BD70-4605-4829-93FC-AD80D8CC5B66}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
- Size:
- 1.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Performance Center Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- ApcMain.exe
- Name:
- Performance Center
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\Ascentive\Performance Center\ApcMain.exe
- MD5:
- ea8449e9a2f91a722721e913a2d25547
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –