Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is a security and optimization suite that includes just about every tool you'll ever need to keep your PC running its best. It will replace IObit's Advanced SystemCare with Antivirus 2013 as the company's comprehensive security and optimization suite.
Maintaining a PC can be intimidating and a headache if you're not a power user. IObit has taken this into consideration and made Advanced SystemCare Ultimate simple enough for the novice and powerful enough for more tech savvy users.
In 'Simple Mode,' Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is extremely simple to use. The main window shows the current health of your PC as well as any notifications that require action. There is a big button to scan your system and optimize it without having to fiddle with settings.
In 'Expert Mode,' power users are given a detailed list of what exactly Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is doing. Here's just some of the optimizations that Advanced SystemCare Ultimate will perform:
- Malware Removal
- Privacy Sweep
- Registry Defrag/Fix
- Vulnerability Fix
- Junk Files Clean
- System Optimization
- Disk Scan
- Disk Defragment
As with other maintenance and security suites, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate can be scheduled to run in the background so you'll never have to remember to maintain your PC. It'll all be taken care of while you use your computer normally.
An interesting feature of Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is the 'Turbo Boost' mode, which can be set to optimize your PC for work or gaming. Turbo Boost can be set to run at start up so your PC is ready for whatever tasks you have. There are a ton of options that you can customize to make your PC run just the way you want.
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate also puts a handy widget that shows CPU and RAM usage. There's an arrow you can click to expand it, which will show you the health of your PC as well as options to start a scan, clear up RAM, or shut down the computer. This widget is great for monitoring system resources as well as performing common tasks with Advanced SystemCare Ultimate.
If anything goes awry, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate offers a 'Rescue' tool. From there you can create or view system restore points. Registry files are also backed up so you can restore them if anything bad happens. These features are pretty basic. It would have been nice to see Advanced SystemCare Ultimate include a comprehensive backup solution.
Performance of Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is good, though full scans can take a long time. While performing maintenance, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate performed quickly, even with defragmenting disks and fixing registry files. There is an option to allow Advanced SystemCare Ultimate perform fixes automatically, without users having to review what needs to be fixed. This saves some time and thinking out of maintenance.
The virus scanner in Advanced SystemCare Ultimate combines BitDefender's antivirus technology with IObit's own malware detection engine to protect your PC. Advanced SystemCare Ultimate will run alongside other antivirus scanners but will disable Windows Defender, which is Windows 8's default antivirus program. We are still testing Advanced SystemCare Ultimate's antivirus performance and will update this review when the results come in.
Overall, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate offers a users one of the most comprehensive security and optimization suites available. Good performance and ease of use make Advanced SystemCare Ultimate an easy recommendation.
