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Advance System Care

Posted: March 13, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 7,940
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 36,914
First Seen: March 13, 2017
Last Seen: March 10, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows


The Advance System Care is a piece of software that claims to be a reliable system optimizer that can take care of a broad range of tasks whose completion should lead to a significant improvement of the Windows' stability and performance. According to their official website, the Advance System Care can provide users with a quick way to clean and optimize their Registries, manage their Web browser add-ons, as well as control which programs are started when Windows is booted automatically. Although these features are useful, it is worth nothing that most of them are not available in the free version of the Advance System Care – this means that users who install this software might not be able to execute some of these operations until they purchase a premium license for the Advance System Care. The publishers of the Advance System Care don't require a one-time payment and, instead, their software is offered with a subscription plan – €29.95 for the first six months, and €14.95 every six months after that.

Many legitimate pieces of software use the Advance System Care's way of monetizing their product – they provide a handful of features in the free version and offer an extended functionality with the full version. However, the Advance System Care is different because users who don't opt to pay the subscription fee may end up experiencing some annoying issues that the Advance System Care may cause. When the Advance System Care creates a report of recommended fixes and optimizations, it may start to remind the users that their computers need to be optimized continuously and purchasing the full version is strongly recommended. These notifications may appear in new windows, in the notification area or even in alert boxes. This may turn out to be rather disruptive while doing any computer work, and it is not a surprise that the Advance System Care is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program.

The Advance System Care does not offer any unique features that justify its high price tag, nor does it uses fair techniques to convince users to purchase the full version. Also, the fact that multiple anti-virus vendors classify the Advance System Care as a PUP means that users who opt to remove it would make a good choice, although the removal of the program is not mandatory.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



%PROGRAMFILES%\Advance -System Care for DESKTOP-I5892MO\scad.exe File name: scad.exe
Size: 2.14 MB (2140528 bytes)
MD5: 6c1992a64729a09520a9e9e5c76fd646
Detection count: 1,164
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Advance -System Care for DESKTOP-I5892MO
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 5, 2020
C:\Program Files\Advance- System Care for JR-PC\trz7EB2.tmp File name: trz7EB2.tmp
Size: 1.83 MB (1836408 bytes)
MD5: f6627753e9d8f6155d3f5cb6f5a0ed51
Detection count: 30
File type: Temporary File
Mime Type: unknown/tmp
Path: C:\Program Files\Advance- System Care for JR-PC\trz7EB2.tmp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 4, 2022
ascsitesetup.exe File name: ascsitesetup.exe
Size: 5.43 MB (5435872 bytes)
MD5: 70da88a719c711edc59212930defa810
Detection count: 21
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathAdvance -System Care.lnkAdvance System Care.lnkBuy Advance System Care.lnkUninstall Advance System Care.lnkRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\Advance System Care_LogonHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\advancepctools.infoSOFTWARE\asc-prSOFTWARE\ASCValidatorServiceSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Advance System Care_LogonSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\ASCValidatorSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\ASCValidatorSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ASCValidatorHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{F751A81C-AAF7-4E24-8E40-231FD881A20B}_is1

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Advance System Care
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