Is Advanced System Care malicious?

I was trying to download Advanced System Care from this website to my Dell 32-bit computer running XP with a Chrome browser, when this message appeared: "asc-setup 6.4.0.292(1).exe is malicious, and Chrome has blocked it." Is this correct? Or should I ignore this message and seek another way to download this program? Any suggestions appreciated.

 

Welcome to MGs. First of all, only download it from MajorGeeks. Second, Chrome blocked mine too but I ignored it. Third, I have also had Panda Free antivirus block it too. I downloaded it on Firefox and ran the file through VirusTotal and it showed up clean. Like I said, I ignored it. Get it here:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/advanced_systemcare_free_6_2_254_(0424).html

 

Thank you for your welcome, your prompt reply, and your suggestion. I have so much to learn. If I may ask a follow up question: Has Advanced System Care served you well?

 

Advanced System Care has served its purpose. It has done everything that it promised and actually never cause any bad side effects. I have tested Wise Care 365, Toolwiz Care and other all in one utilities and in my opinion ASC is among the best out there. Hope this helps.

 

Thanks again. To be able to benefit from your experience is very helpful. Looking over this website, there seems to be a wealth of information and many people willing to help a novice. That no one is trying to sell you anything is also good.

 

Yes . . . I have been online since 1997, and this is the best place I have ever found for computer related issues and nifty software. Even more important, this site is run, moderated, and frequented by the smartest and most kind group of people I have ever met in my travels on the interwebs. For years this has been my first stop when I get online, even before I became a member.

You will love it here!

 

I don't think it malicious for a moment, but I do think it dangerous. When I used its advanced features it earned the honour of being the only bit of software that had ever brought my Win 7 to its knees. I like Iobit's Uninstaller but I'm never letting their ASC near any box of mine again. I would have been faced with a reinstall had I not been in the habit of imaging my system twice a month.

 

I'm with Earthling on this. I installed the IObit Suite about a year ago and then couldn't uninstall it. It just kept reinstalling itself, sometimes in total and sometimes just Malware Fighter, at the end of each uninstall. I too had to resort to a disk image restoration in order to rid myself of the infernal app.

 

Thank you. I can use all the help that I can get.

 

Thanks. I love getting both sides of an issue.

 

Thanks. You and "Earthling" have given me something to think about.