What is Advanced SystemCare 8?

Advanced SystemCare 8 is software application developed by IObit. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 50.44% of installations running this operating system. Advanced SystemCare 8's installer is typically 115.00 MB in size and installs around 133 files. The most common release is 8.0.3 with 23.95% of all installations currently using this version.

Advanced SystemCare 8 is most popular in the United States with 36.26% of installations residing in this country.

Advanced SystemCare 8 adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Advanced SystemCare 8 is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

ASCService.exe runs as a service named 'Advanced SystemCare Service 7' (AdvancedSystemCareService7) "Advanced SystemCare Service".

Firewall:

ASC.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 8\ASC.EXE'.
ASCTray.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 8\ASCTray.exe'.
Monitor.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 8\Monitor.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

ASC.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ASC8_SkipUac_Guest1'.
IObitUninstaller.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Uninstaller_SkipUac_Test'.
ASCTray.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Advanced SystemCare 7' (runs daily at 11:03 a.m.).
DefaultProgram.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{551AF11A-85C9-4B0D-83D0-71C8BE6ED73C}' (runs on registration).
AutoCare.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ASC8_AutoCare' (runs weekly on Mondays at 17:00).
ActionCenterDownloader.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{70FE93D7-A49E-401B-A8B7-768F94B64CC6}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

ASCpromote.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ASC Task (One-Time).
Monitor.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ASC8_PerformanceMonitor.
ASCTray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Advanced SystemCare 8 (2).

Registry entries:

ASCTray.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ASCTray.exe' and executes as "C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 8\ASCTray.exe" /auto.
CheckDevice.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CheckDevice.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 7\CheckDevice.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.iobit.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 8\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 8\unins000.exe"

Size:

115.00 MB

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