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What is portaol.exe? PortMagic?

Vendor:      Pure Networks
Product:     Port Magic
Vendor Website:     
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: PortAOL.exe - Installed as part of AOL 9.0. Manages an external hardware firewall (such as the ones from Netgear, Belkin, Linksys, or D-Link) if one is present. If you don't have an external firewall, PortMagic is not doing anything useful and should be stopped to save resources. If you prefer to manage the firewall yourself--usually through some sort of web-based interface--PortMagic can be stopped.

portaol.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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portaol.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: null%
Average RAM for this program: null MB


Program Name MD5 Count
portaol.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xba99c608a075c44026720d5383f3d75b 1/27/2012 5:51:00 AM Unknown 1.2.1393.0 PortMagic 97 KB
2 Status 0xfca190ce15be6df8ac79416e7a9c88b4 12/11/2009 5:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown PortMagic 100 KB
3 Status 0x625bea428659df9d3fa7080950ebd4e5 10/20/2009 10:30:00 AM Unknown 1.2.1354.0 PortMagic 97 KB
4 Status 0x9824ee8e70e0539174161f5266efa020 1/5/2009 8:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown PortMagic 97 KB
5 Status 0xb6abe7a1f04f78c1e6747ebbd6a7110a 4/13/2008 7:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown PortMagic 97 KB
6 Status 0x3b028b20819c852c5a2ec82ed9438826 12/31/2007 Unknown PortMagic 14 KB
7 Status 0x6645212f9f4440a9d24655579ae85c38 12/31/2007 Unknown PortMagic 352 KB


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