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What is aoltray.exe? AOL Tray Icon?

Vendor:      America
Product:     
Vendor Website:      http://www.aol.com
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: AOLTRAY.EXE - Provides yet another way to launch AOL, by creating a tray icon near the clock. It is not needed and can be removed by the MSConfig Startup tab.

aoltray.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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aoltray.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.07%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
aoltray.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3d1db68bff845e1d46f5f98f77891819 8/17/2017 3:32:00 PM Unknown 8.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 36 KB
2 Status 0x383f838bcc2b44152b5e2f5046d3108a 5/1/2015 6:51:00 PM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
3 Status 0xd3e103e5b79a6e8ba5b58e0a7c21523b 2/18/2015 12:04:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
4 Status 0x6c56af320e0c65b14b3b36f655a5c68e 10/25/2014 7:11:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 36 KB
5 Status 0x5f1272f5c6de24cea4f736859a9a55d1 9/7/2014 10:11:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 36 KB
6 Status 0x9006fa0b6da152be1e4e290552b01421 8/1/2014 9:24:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 36 KB
7 Status 0x7cb1d486effff0385e37f0418395b199 2/3/2012 6:05:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
8 Status 0x031b8490dfe54313a945224cc1bcca73 1/12/2012 3:06:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
9 Status 0x320f2d740ecc949934f789a8133d0fcc 1/7/2012 2:40:00 PM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
10 Status 0x0f63d66dccff7a299686d71446843f74 8/27/2011 3:15:00 AM Unknown 6.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 28 KB
11 Status 0x0243b985d3b4f7699f922a572bc54057 7/28/2011 3:36:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
12 Status 0x984b1250851b23dae61b2ae4a21723fb 7/13/2011 12:12:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
13 Status 0x5c7a3ffd590793388856b5fafb77c9c4 7/9/2011 2:08:00 AM Unknown 8.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 36 KB
14 Status 0x86f456e4c6ccb11771a37298983465e5 3/20/2011 10:28:00 PM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
15 Status 0x66a9d9947f1efbe2fd6ee95ed4ede5c0 2/27/2011 3:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
16 Status 0x9da9b7ed1c3e65e4a8e87d96e62109aa 12/10/2010 4:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Tray Icon 36 KB
17 Status 0xa5688a26f79798606926ffc4c291b62b 11/9/2010 11:10:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
18 Status 0x0a90f23445fe1b96de411d402f88d990 9/2/2010 6:08:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
19 Status 0x6767dff498df630eb2fa53fe1e7e95a5 8/24/2010 4:59:00 AM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
20 Status 0x63568da487a52936075829b06d484822 7/19/2010 6:30:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL Tray Icon 153 KB
21 Status 0x69d1ca05b5d96c3153b364cd81e29b24 6/20/2010 2:17:00 PM Unknown 6.02.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
22 Status 0xd28fc993592a42e6e14b6618feb2ce97 4/14/2010 3:40:00 AM Unknown 5.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
23 Status 0xead33706d72a18fb7d772e831b02023d 3/31/2010 10:59:00 AM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 32 KB
24 Status 0x17e41371c20f0b301ef63479fce1fb0a 2/21/2010 11:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL Tray Icon 148 KB
25 Status 0x0e002fd5def0d2034c584e46838a3f1e 2/11/2010 11:11:00 PM Unknown 8.00.000 AOL Tray Icon 36 KB


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