My guess is that’s how this ASCDownloader folder got on to my PC. Like most other installed software, it sends data to and from the internet all the time.Īdverts, usage data and so on. My installed version of IObit Uninstaller Free doesn’t update automatically, but it is connected to the internet. What’s most likely is that IObit downloaded the junk by itself. IObit Start Menu 8 (Named & Shamed, Issue 495) did have a PUP in its installer, but I was careful to avoid it. I recently tested the new beta parallel release of IObit Uninstaller, but its installer didn’t contain junk.

Where did this pre-emptive rubbish come from? From other IObit software, perhaps. ASC itself has never installed on my PC, but the sudden appearance of this ASC-related junk suggests IObit is hoping it soon will. This useless extra program is pre-ticked in IObit adverts and currently appears unticked, in the installer for IObit Uninstaller Free. This week, Malwarebytes AdwCleaner (adwcleaner) found three dodgy IObit items on my PC: a folder called ASCDownloader and two rogue IObit registry entries. When did IObit dump this junk folder on to myīut its pros may soon be overtaken by its cons.

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