What is ascservice.exe?

ascservice.exe is part of Advanced SystemCare and developed by IObit according to the ascservice.exe version information.

ascservice.exe's description is "Advanced SystemCare Service"

ascservice.exe is digitally signed by IObit Information Technology.

ascservice.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ascservice.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ascservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdvanced SystemCare
Company nameIObit
File descriptionAdvanced SystemCare Service
Original filenameASCService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright© 2005-2017
Legal trademarkIObit
Product version10.0.0.0
File version10.0.2.81

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAdvanced SystemCare
Company nameIObit
File descriptionAdvanced SystemCare Service
Original filenameASCService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright© 2005-2017
Legal trademarkIObit
Product version10.0.0.0
File version10.0.2.81

Digital signatures [?]

ascservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIObit Information Technology
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number454a6cd2e1e63ca9d542dfdab518fed9

VirusTotal report

1 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ascservice.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.1183
1 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the ascservice.exe file.

Folder name variants

ascservice.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named ascservice.exe

ascservice.exe (47 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD574e6410b33b9a2260a16073546992b4f
SHA256082b9e4c9b7421aeb4d26641dcf10e783afbd630aef08b4d36860799f1f01134

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to ascservice.exe:

ascservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ascservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Advanced SystemCare Service has stopped working.

End Program - ascservice.exe. This program is not responding.

ascservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ascservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with ascservice.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with ascservice.exe. 33% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 2 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with ascservice.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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