Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is an antivirus and system-maintenance suite for Windows. It combines Bitdefender-powered malware protection with tools for cleaning unwanted files, managing startup activity, adjusting background services and protecting sensitive data.
Antivirus scans check for threats, while Care scans examine selected maintenance categories. The program offers a full-function trial for 30 days, followed by paid licensing. Subscriptions cover one, two or three Windows PCs.
Antivirus scans and real-time protection
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate provides Quick, Full and Custom antivirus scans. Full Scan checks the computer more thoroughly and takes longer. Custom Scan limits the search to the drives or folders you choose.
Connected external drives appear among the custom-scan targets. Explorer's context menu also offers scanning for a selected item. The scan window shows progress as it examines files, and you can enable automatic fixing of detected threats.
You can inspect the findings, open a threat's file location and export a scan report. Adding a detection to the Ignore List excludes it from future detection. Removing that exception brings the item back into scan coverage.
Real-time protection examines system activity through Bitdefender between manual scans. The security-status screen tracks the antivirus database and protection status. Depending on that status, Fix Now enables protection, updates the database or does both.
Care scans and cleanup
Care lets you choose individual maintenance modules. A scan collects findings for the selected categories, and Summary shows each module's results before you apply fixes. Automatic fixing can apply selected maintenance actions without a separate review.
The modules work on distinct kinds of data:
- Junk File Clean and Privacy Sweep: remove unwanted files such as caches and temporary data, or clear activity history and browser traces. Browser trace cleanup is more complete when the affected browsers are closed.
- Shortcut Fix and Registry Clean: check invalid shortcut references and unnecessary registry entries, producing findings that can be reviewed before repair or removal.
- Vulnerability Fix: checks Windows vulnerabilities, downloads the corresponding hot-patches from Microsoft and applies them.
- Disk Optimization: defragments hard disks and uses trimming for solid-state drives, matching the operation to the storage type.
Some result categories support an Ignore action. This excludes an item you want to retain from later maintenance scans. The exception stays under your control through Advanced SystemCare Ultimate's exclusion settings.
Rescue Center and restore points
Rescue Center records supported configuration changes for inspection and undoing. These include registry and system optimization, startup optimization, Internet Boost, Registry Defrag and Security Reinforce changes.
Rescue Center also manages Windows restore points. You can inspect existing points, create a new one or remove older points. The most recent restore point is retained when you remove others.
Startup Optimizer
Startup Optimizer shows startup items with boot-time and disable-rate information. You can disable or delay entries and manage browser startups, services and scheduled tasks. These controls change when components run without removing the applications themselves.
Turbo Boost and resource monitoring in SystemCare Ultimate
Turbo Boost works on background services and applications. You configure Work, Game or Economy mode by choosing items to turn off. Boosting can run at Windows startup, with an on/off control for the selected configuration.
Performance Monitor displays RAM, CPU and disk usage alongside details of processes consuming those resources. You can end selected processes, release memory or toggle Turbo Boost. Additional metrics include component temperatures and fan speed.
File access and browser protection
Safe Folder and Access Protection restrict untrusted programs from accessing sensitive data. The system, privacy and browser protections have separate controls, allowing their settings to be managed individually.
Browser protections cover email spam and phishing, advertisements and surfing threats. These functions require the IObit Surfing Protection extension in the browser. Cookie controls provide a separate Keep list for cookies that should survive privacy cleaning.
Homepage Advisor notifies you when the browser's homepage or search-engine settings change. The Windows Firewall control opens management of the existing firewall through Windows Security Center.
Software updates and Toolbox utilities
Software Updater identifies outdated applications and offers Update All for the programs it finds. Toolbox gathers additional maintenance functions, with some tools downloaded when first used. These utilities work on different Windows data and settings:
- Context Menu Manager: removes unwanted context-menu entries so the menu contains the commands you keep.
- Disk Doctor: checks drives and their file systems for errors and corrects detected problems.
- Cloned File Scanner and Large File Finder: locate equal-name, equal-size duplicate candidates or files occupying substantial space, leaving deletion decisions to you.
- System Information: gathers computer details and exports them as a TXT or HTML file.
File Shredder permanently deletes selected files or wipes free disk space. IObit Undelete can recover deleted files, but files destroyed with File Shredder cannot be recovered through it.
Hardware Accelerator opens Driver Booster for driver work. App/Extension Cleaner uses IObit Uninstaller to remove applications and extensions. These companion applications are installed separately from Advanced SystemCare Ultimate's built-in maintenance tools.
