Opinions on Advanced System Care Pro?

Just curious, im thinking of getting this program, my friend swears that its single handedly responsible for keeping his computer in perfect "health", but id like to get a few opinions from anyone who uses it.

also, does anyone know if the built in defragger is "prefetch aware"? again from my friend, he reckons it is. we tried to test it by doing a defrag with ASC then analyzing the disk with windows (which obviously is prefetch aware) and it showed 0% fragmentation, so it looks like it is.

anyway! opinions please

the free version is ok have a look at their forum, iobitforums. lots of free goodies

I like what it can do. It actually found a bmp file (1.bmp) in my system 32 folder and also a dead registry link for one of those fake antivirus software trojans that Kaspersky stopped a few months ago.

I have been using Driver Detective for a couple of years now and there were always a large quantity of drivers that it couldn't update or detect as being updated. Then I tried a trial version of Uniblue's software and their driver detector told me that my system was up to date. When I tried system mechanic Pro, it detected all the driver's that Driver Detective reported and was able to download and update them automatically without issue. Driver Detective now reports that my drivers are up to date. So I prefer System Machanic's driver updater and can depend on it more than the other ones I have tried.

System Mechanic did cause me a problem in which it secured certain sharing policies so that Goodsync could no longer sync my laptop to my home computer over my home network, but all I had to do was use it's system backup feature to roll it back to the setting I did have. If you are going to use their tweaking recommendations, create a backup and it will get you back out of any tweak that you regret.

The system cleaner feature is very good and found roughly one halve of a gig worth of dead files and folders when I set it find more than what was the default. I do like to have a system backup when I do stuff like this.

I have tested System Mechanics registry cleaner against ccleaner, Windows 7 Manager, and JV16 Powertools 2009, and they all seem to find stuff that the others have missed, but System Mechanic always comes back with more.

I like the program. Just use common sense and keep backups of your system just in case something happens and does happen from time to time with any system cleaner.

get tune up utilities it does a better job and wont do damage like advanced system care does. it destroys system restore point and reg problems.

I have tried both system mechanic and advanced system care. In it is best if you dont touch the registry, in my case after two weeks of using System mechanic pro I had to make a clean install. I didnt have any problem with advanced system care though, but I rarely use it registry cleaner.

Advanced system care pro

this software is one of my favorites and there are lots of features included so you probably wont need any other cleaning softwares if you have them.

its nice and very reliable. it helps to remove lots of rootkits and spyware programs.

its does keep the computer fresh from clogged up files.


This is the maintain windows area which cleans your computer in general.


This is more in detail and helps to remove more persistant problems. the disk defragmenter is surprisingly quick and very efficient



It also offers lots of extras which help keep you computer in perfect shape.

In conclusion, a perfect piece of software to get and so reliable.

Thats my review!

You can get the pro free here:

V3 Software Store - IObit Advanced SystemCare Pro 3.6.1 - 100% off RRP

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I have now used this software for 18 months now, I highly recommend it, because I'm an typical student I didn't pay for it and obtained it using "other means". It cleans registry, junk files, degragments the registry normal stuff like that, basicly its a better version of Ccleaner in my opinion

christoua said:

I have now used this software for 18 months now, I highly recommend it, because I'm an typical student I didn't pay for it and obtained it using "other means". It cleans registry, junk files, degragments the registry normal stuff like that, basicly its a better version of Ccleaner in my opinion

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Be very careful with defragmenting the registry. Win 7 is not XP. The registry neither needs defragged nor cleaned. Win 7 manages the registry very efficiently and effectively. Forget all you learned about XP; it does not apply to Win 7.

A seven guru buying stuff like advanced system care pro? What exactly do you mean by "good health"? And what exactly bothers you about your system that makes you want to buy this?

Meh, i use it to..good program..no problems.. as for the PRO version there's really no need to buy it seeing how free has all you need.

I have used it before but it seems that it "crapped" my PC. I uninstalled it and I promised to myself that I would never ever use those AIO PC utility programs. The last AIO PC utility software I used was TU2010. Uninstalled because it slowed down my computer.

CCleaner for the win! Hands down.

i agree with carlTR6
you dont need to optimize windows 7 its been built into the architecture so many improvements in a operating system have been made in windows 7 if you start to tweak it the balance Microsoft got right in it gets changed. (Windows Registry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) (http://mcfedries.com/Windows7Unleashed/chapter12.pdf) (Beware of free Registry Cleaners and Registry Optimizers)

Thank you, Brian. Very well said.

Windows is a closed source system. Developers of registry cleaners and system utilities do not have the core code of Win 7 and are not working on definitive information, but rather they are going on past knowledge and experience. Automatic cleaners and tweakers (tuneup utilities) will usually have to do some guesswork.

At best, tuneup utilities are pure snake oil. At best, they do nothing and have no effect on your system. At worst, they can damage and corrupt your system. There is no need whatsoever for a tuneup utility with Win 7. Win 7 is not XP and the knowledge we learned about XP does not apply to Win 7.

All reg cleaners, dupe finders, memory optimizers, and tuneup apps are a scam. They won't make a computer any faster, fix crashes, ect. They can break a lot of things. Many that you won't notice immediately. Even CrapCleaner is crap.

I agree with Carl.

I think sometimes the expectation the product may help, makes it seem as if its doing something when in reality it isn't ... if that makes sense.

From my limited experience, I have found the more you try to tweak and optimize 7 , only degrades performance.

With the exception a few small tweaks such as maybe disabling the Hiberfile to save space on a SSD.

Otherwise, leaving it alone it seems to tweak itself just fine.


IMHO, if it is at the point you need to do serious tinkering with 7s core functionality to get it running smooth, you likely need hardware upgrades.
And sadly, there is no software or tweak out there that can compensate for Hardware.

Very well said, Wishmaster. I learned the lessons I posted above the hard way. However, I was experimenting and prepared with an image backup.

Back when I was running Vista I used Advanced System Care and their Smart Defrag did a fair job, but after IObit got caught stealing AV definitions from Malwarebytes I uninstalled the program and found a freeware disk defrag and optimizer in MyDefrag (formerly JK Defrag) which has a far superior algorithm for moving the most frequently used programs to the outside of the disk which has made a noticeable improvement in the speed which programs open on my 1TB Hitachi drive in my Win 7 computer since I started using it.



"MyDefrag organizes files into zones, such as directories, Windows files, files used while booting, regular files, and rarely used files. The most accessed files are placed at the beginning of the harddisk, and files that are commonly used together are placed in close proximity to each other. This results in a dramatic speed increase, and is in fact more important than defragmentation. The program comes with scripts with a zone organization suitable for most users, power users can customize the zones through scripts"

~Maxx~