Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Advanced System Repair, Inc.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.AdvancedSystemRepair and a variant of Win32/AnMalPro.C potentially unwanted. The detection rate for the Advanced System Repair, Inc. files collected here is 5%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Advanced System Repair, Inc. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Advanced System Repair, Inc. certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Advanced System Repair, Inc.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Advanced System Repair, Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also see the address for Advanced System Repair, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1 has issued the Advanced System Repair, Inc. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Advanced System Repair, Inc. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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6/63 | tscmon.exe |
2/67 | asrdmon.sys |
3/70 | asrdmon.sys |
3/73 | asrdmon.sys |
3/70 | asrdmon.sys |
2/67 | asrlauncher.exe |
4/69 | tscmon.exe |
3/71 | asrdmon.sys |
3/72 | asrdmon.sys |
3/72 | asrdmon.sys |
7/68 | tscmon.exe |
6/68 | tscmon.exe |
4/73 | tscmon.exe |
2/69 | asrdmon.sys |
3/71 | tscmon.exe |
2/71 | asrdmon.sys |
3/67 | tscmon.exe |
3/60 | asrdmon.sys |
4/67 | asrdmon.sys |
3/71 | asrdmon.sys |
3/73 | asrdmon.sys |
3/73 | asrdmon.sys |
3/72 | asrdmon.sys |
3/72 | asrdmon.sys |
3/68 | asrdmon.sys |
3/67 | dsutil.exe |
3/70 | asrdmon.sys |
Here is the detection names for the Advanced System Repair, Inc. files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVware | ProsperaSoftware (fs) |
DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.2481, Program.Unwanted.4272 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/AnMalPro.C potentially unwanted |
Endgame | malicious (high confidence), malicious (moderate confidence) |
Ikarus | PUA.Generic |
Invincea | heuristic |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.AdvancedSystemRepair |
Microsoft | PUA:Win32/PCClean |
Rising | PUA.PCClean!8.F63A (RDM+:cmRtazpKzKjTCkrw/Ma428cO8SzU) |
SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.AdvancedSystemRepair/Variant |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0825 |
VIPRE | ProsperaSoftware (fs) |
eGambit | Trojan.Generic |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 1874 scan reports for the Advanced System Repair, Inc. files. 90 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
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