Advanced SystemCare is a Windows maintenance program that combines file cleanup, startup management, system adjustments and privacy controls. Its Care area runs a collection of checks together, while Custom Clean concentrates on a selected drive and type of file. The Free edition provides basic maintenance, with additional cleaning, automation and privacy functions available in Pro.
Drive cleanup
Custom Clean separates junk files from duplicate and large files. You choose a category and a target drive before scanning, then expand the results to inspect individual files. Clean Now removes the files you select.
The Junk File Clean module in Care also removes accumulated files to recover disk space. It can cover multiple Windows user accounts, but files in the Windows Downloads folder require manual selection.
Running a Care scan in Advanced SystemCare
Advanced SystemCare offers AI Mode and Manual Mode for its combined scan. AI Mode uses the computer’s current status to select maintenance, while Manual Mode lets you choose the modules to run. Those checks address different parts of Windows: invalid shortcuts, registry entries, system settings, disk errors and security-related settings. Disk Optimization distinguishes between defragmenting a hard disk and issuing TRIM for an SSD.
Results remain available by module before you use Fix. For an invalid shortcut, for example, you can inspect its location before deciding what to repair. Supported findings can be added to the Ignore List so they do not return in later scans. The scan also has an automatic fixing option, which can be followed by shutting down, restarting, sleeping or hibernating the PC.
Rescue Center
Rescue Center records changes from operations including registry repair, system optimization, startup optimization and security reinforcement. It lets you inspect and undo the relevant changes, and provides restoration controls for Internet Boost and registry defragmentation. Windows restore points can also be created or managed there. These controls apply to system changes; they do not provide a general undo for deleted cleanup files.
Background activity
Turbo Boost changes which services and background applications remain active. Its configuration offers Work, Game and Economy modes, alongside individual selections for the items to stop. You can switch the boost on and off or configure it to start with Windows. Economy Mode combines reduced background work with power-saving aims for laptops.
Startup Optimizer handles programs that launch during boot. Individual entries can be disabled or delayed, with boot-time information and a disable-rate indicator available to inform the choice. Advanced SystemCare also exposes browser startup items, services and scheduled tasks here, covering several ways an application can arrange to run automatically.
Resource monitor
Performance Monitor shows CPU, RAM and disk usage alongside current network speeds. Expanding it reveals processes responsible for high resource use, with an End Task control for stopping a selected process. The temperature view adds readings for components including the processor, graphics hardware and disks, together with fan speed.
The monitor also provides direct controls for releasing RAM, starting a Care scan and toggling Turbo Boost. Manual RAM release is available in Free; Pro adds automatic RAM cleaning.
Privacy controls
Privacy Sweep clears activity history and browsing traces. Its cookie controls distinguish cookies to delete from cookies to keep, so selected website cookies can survive cleanup.
Pro adds Safe Folder, where files and folders can be added or dragged into a protected list. Its settings control protection and allow a password for the protected data. Access Protection works with selected categories of sensitive data to restrict untrusted programs; automatic blocking is a Pro function.
Fingerprint Protection and automatic Anti-tracking are also part of Pro. Fingerprint Protection lets you select supported browsers and allow trusted websites to collect their usual fingerprint information. Anti-tracking clears browsing data, with support extending to Opera and Vivaldi as well as Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Browser protection
Advanced SystemCare’s email, advertising and surfing protections use the IObit Surfing Protection browser extension. Email Protection works with Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail, and includes a sender whitelist. Advertising controls can exempt selected websites, while Surfing Protection has a blacklist for addresses you want blocked.
Homepage Advisor watches for changes to a browser’s homepage and search engine and offers a way to undo them. At the Windows level, Advanced SystemCare displays antivirus and firewall status and opens Windows Security to manage those protections. Pro includes anti-spyware protection, but the full antivirus engine belongs to the separate Advanced SystemCare Ultimate product.
Updates, patches and companion products
Software Updater identifies outdated supported applications, with an Update All action for Pro users. Care also includes a Windows vulnerability check that obtains the relevant hot patches from Microsoft’s server and installs them.
Some entries in Advanced SystemCare open other products. Hardware Accelerator uses Driver Booster for driver maintenance, while App/Extension Cleaner uses IObit Uninstaller to remove programs and browser extensions. If the companion program is absent, the interface can offer its installation. Toolbox likewise distinguishes built-in maintenance tools from independent featured products, and some tools require a download before first use. Pro markings identify tools that require the paid edition.
