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40%
40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

6.0.0.73 96.88%
6.0.0.71 3.13%

Relationships

Parent process
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PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCloseKey, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegFlushKey, RegEnumValueW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, OpenProcessToken, LookupPrivilegeValueW, LookupAccountSidW, GetUserNameW, GetTokenInformation, DuplicateTokenEx, DeregisterEventSource, CreateProcessAsUserW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, StartServiceW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, SetServiceStatus, QueryServiceConfigW, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, DeleteService, CreateServiceW, CloseServiceHandle, ChangeServiceConfigW
comctl32.dll
InitializeFlatSB, FlatSB_SetScrollProp, FlatSB_SetScrollPos, FlatSB_SetScrollInfo, FlatSB_GetScrollPos, FlatSB_GetScrollInfo, _TrackMouseEvent, ImageList_SetIconSize, ImageList_GetIconSize, ImageList_Write, ImageList_Read, ImageList_GetDragImage, ImageList_DragShowNolock, ImageList_DragMove, ImageList_DragLeave, ImageList_DragEnter, ImageList_EndDrag, ImageList_BeginDrag, ImageList_Remove, ImageList_DrawEx, ImageList_Draw, ImageList_GetBkColor, ImageList_SetBkColor, ImageList_Add, ImageList_SetImageCount, ImageList_GetImageCount, ImageList_Destroy, ImageList_Create
datastate.dll
Func, Server, Clear
gdi32.dll
UnrealizeObject, StretchBlt, SetWindowOrgEx, SetWinMetaFileBits, SetViewportOrgEx, SetTextColor, SetStretchBltMode, SetROP2, SetPixel, SetEnhMetaFileBits, SetDIBColorTable, SetBrushOrgEx, SetBkMode, SetBkColor, SelectPalette, SelectObject, SaveDC, RestoreDC, Rectangle, RectVisible, RealizePalette, PlayEnhMetaFile, PatBlt, MoveToEx, MaskBlt, LineTo, IntersectClipRect, GetWindowOrgEx, GetWinMetaFileBits, GetTextMetricsW, GetTextExtentPointW, GetTextExtentPoint32W, GetSystemPaletteEntries, GetStockObject, GetRgnBox, GetPixel, GetPaletteEntries, GetObjectW, GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries, GetEnhMetaFileHeader, GetEnhMetaFileBits, GetDeviceCaps, GetDIBits, GetDIBColorTable, GetDCOrgEx, GetCurrentPositionEx, GetClipBox, GetBrushOrgEx, GetBitmapBits, FrameRgn, ExcludeClipRect, DeleteObject, DeleteEnhMetaFile, DeleteDC, CreateSolidBrush, CreateRectRgn, CreatePenIndirect, CreatePalette, CreateHalftonePalette, CreateFontIndirectW, CreateDIBitmap, CreateDIBSection, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, CreateBrushIndirect, CreateBitmap, CopyEnhMetaFileW, BitBlt
kernel32.dll
GetACP, Sleep, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetVersion, GetCurrentThreadId, VirtualQuery, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, lstrlenW, lstrcpynW, LoadLibraryExW, GetThreadLocale, GetStartupInfoA, GetProcAddress, GetModuleHandleW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetLocaleInfoW, GetLastError, GetCommandLineW, FreeLibrary, FindFirstFileW, FindClose, ExitProcess, ExitThread, CreateThread, CompareStringW, WriteFile, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetFilePointer, SetEndOfFile, RtlUnwind, ReadFile, RaiseException, GetStdHandle, GetFileSize, GetFileType, CreateFileW, CloseHandle, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, LocalAlloc, lstrcpyW, WritePrivateProfileStringW, WinExec, WaitForSingleObject, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, WaitForMultipleObjects, VirtualQueryEx, SwitchToThread, SuspendThread, SizeofResource, SignalObjectAndWait, SetThreadLocale, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, SetPriorityClass, SetLastError, SetFileAttributesW, SetEvent, SetErrorMode, ResumeThread, ResetEvent, ReadProcessMemory, QueryDosDeviceW, OutputDebugStringW, OpenProcess, OpenMutexW, MulDiv, LockResource, LocalFree, LoadResource, LoadLibraryW, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, GlobalUnlock, GlobalLock, GlobalFree, GlobalFindAtomW, GlobalDeleteAtom, GlobalAlloc, GlobalAddAtomW, GetWindowsDirectoryW, GetVersionExA, GetVersionExW, GetTempPathW, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetProcessTimes, GetPrivateProfileStringW, GetLocalTime, GetFullPathNameW, GetFileAttributesW, GetExitCodeThread, GetDiskFreeSpaceW, GetDateFormatW, GetCurrentThread, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentProcess, GetCPInfo, FreeResource, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedExchangeAdd, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedCompareExchange, FormatMessageW, FindResourceW, FindNextFileW, FileTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToDosDateTime, EnumCalendarInfoA, EnterCriticalSection, DeleteFileW, DeleteCriticalSection, CreateMutexW, CreateEventW, CreateDirectoryW, LoadLibraryA, GetModuleHandleA
msimg32.dll
AlphaBlend
ntdll.dll
NtQueryInformationProcess, NtQuerySystemInformation
ole32.dll
OleUninitialize, OleInitialize, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, StringFromCLSID, CoCreateInstance, CoUninitialize, CoInitialize
oleaut32.dll
SysFreeString, SysReAllocStringLen, SysAllocStringLen, GetErrorInfo, SafeArrayPtrOfIndex, SafeArrayGetUBound, SafeArrayGetLBound, SafeArrayCreate, VariantChangeType, VariantCopy, VariantClear, VariantInit
shell32.dll
SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, SHGetFolderLocation, SHGetPathFromIDListW
user32.dll
GetKeyboardType, LoadStringW, MessageBoxA, CharNextW, DllMain
userenv.dll
DestroyEnvironmentBlock, CreateEnvironmentBlock
version.dll
VerQueryValueW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, GetFileVersionInfoW
winmm.dll
timeGetTime

ascsvc.exe

Advanced SystemCare Ultimate by IObit Information Technology (Signed)

Remove ascsvc.exe
Version:   6.0.0.73
MD5:   8539a04eee824b24a86e7317ab64dfbe
SHA1:   d0510d6d9235be519663d55a706bc870435804bc
SHA256:   65f72bed8f69b745de470089113d73c6c9c7bcbafcc000834d5c8f88156f4023

Overview

ascsvc.exe runs as a service under the name AdvancedSystemCareService6 (AdvancedSystemCareService6) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 6 published by IObit and Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 6 published by IObit. The file is digitally signed by IObit Information Technology which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:ascsvc.exe
Publisher:IObit
Product name:Advanced SystemCare Ultimate
Description:Advanced SystemCare Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\iobit\advanced systemcare ultimate\ascsvc.exe
Original name:Advanced SystemCare Service
File version:6.0.0.73
Product version:6.0.0.0
Size:1 MB (1,051,088 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:IObit Information Technology
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Monday, December 7, 2009
Expiration date:Friday, January 4, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
IObit
24% remove
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 6 is a stand-alone product. Besides the newly built-in antivirus functionality, it includes all the features of Advanced SystemCare PRO. PRO users who uninstalled Advanced SystemCare during the trial can easily revert it back at any time.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • AdvancedSystemCareService6
  • 'AdvancedSystemCareService6' (Advanced SystemCare Service 6)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00729069%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00424211%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00304859%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:82,633,115 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:661,407/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:41/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:20.11 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):9.34 MB
Private (minimum):884.13 KB
Non-paged memory:20.11 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:87.72 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):114.28 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:1.92 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):20.5 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:4,420,040/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:468.97 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:55/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:27.59 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:51/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:7 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1,298/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:260
600
GUI GDI count:37
103
GUI USER count:32
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\iobit\advanced systemcare ultimate\ascsvc.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:AdvancedSystemCareService6
Display name:AdvancedSystemCareService6
Description:“Advanced SystemCare Service”
Type:Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.63%
Microsoft Windows XP 15.63%
Windows 8 Pro 12.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 6.25%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 4.69%
Windows 8 3.13%
Windows 7 Professional 3.13%
Windows 8 Release Preview 1.56%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 31.25% of Advanced SystemCare Ultimate.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 27.12%
Lenovo 20.34%
Acer 15.25%
Toshiba 6.78%
MSI 6.78%
ASUS 6.78%
Hewlett-Packard 6.78%
American Megatrends 6.78%
Sony 3.39%
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