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What is waol.exe? AOL?

Vendor:      AOL
Product:     AOL
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.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: waol.exe is a main AOL executable. Does not need to start with Windows. Can be started as needed.

waol.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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waol.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: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 69 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
waol.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x24f0d0c7285e654d8f4715dd6f1fc9c1 4/30/2016 4:55:00 AM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
2 Status 0x6729851c4e0510c93ae79214ffe90554 12/11/2015 1:00:00 AM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
3 Status 0xc5ad231d5fe590471d28cd653964765a 2/28/2015 4:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 40 KB
4 Status 0xdcf06afb01e890fe4d89fa09d64524ed 2/21/2015 7:35:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
5 Status 0x19ac8bb35611fd56280bad07625acafb 2/5/2015 3:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB
6 Status 0x6df2d7a89f81e1127535821fead8c55e 1/5/2015 2:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB
7 Status 0x183ba50456fdb659b7c37b362db7e410 11/24/2014 10:12:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
8 Status 0x4ce735308fb8b025986240bfec3e9f84 10/6/2014 4:29:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
9 Status 0x428cb81fd1cab8abfdce81e7a787e70d 8/12/2014 2:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB
10 Status 0xfcb30c9fcb1d1b9e900cd7076dab3b37 8/3/2014 9:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB
11 Status 0xb5b992c4c10ba98370c267245c42fae2 7/25/2014 1:02:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
12 Status 0xf1f1b37700362ea06585c9bd5b422a7c 2/19/2014 6:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 69 KB
13 Status 0x59c7e06c5e3f6fce25059ab19ccbde35 10/20/2012 2:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 69 KB
14 Status 0x2f985ce3a4d936867591ae2079406f68 2/1/2012 10:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 0 KB
15 Status 0x1c88194196eba7f6be8e0bf19fd2eeea 1/29/2012 12:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 35 KB
16 Status 0x899461c04731575ef19c1acd81f237b2 1/28/2012 1:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB
17 Status 0x03bf8d277a8a2337dcae2ef2cda182a3 1/24/2012 10:02:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
18 Status 0x40b3664967fc2111374bcb1822625a44 1/17/2012 3:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 40 KB
19 Status 0x6803cf2dfccbe8d7a0a852bec02527aa 1/10/2012 1:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 33 KB
20 Status 0x4f754b466a3d641cba347595c6aa661d 9/11/2011 12:28:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
21 Status 0x94af8cbf4128603bd444c6626eced360 8/18/2011 6:06:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
22 Status 0x1b338d7ec39a1cb4ea668f400ca0e4bf 7/17/2011 10:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 40 KB
23 Status 0xd2cb10ac469351af781957e5ea535229 7/8/2011 3:27:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 38 KB
24 Status 0x936684283996991cb7723fdde0f25ed0 4/30/2011 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB
25 Status 0x572fa8de003372357fc75df6ec0e628a 4/26/2011 12:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 38 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x7fab3c273c8214d517bdd0cbd2ba1815 5/20/2016 5:07:00 AM Unknown 9.02.000 AOL 36 KB
2 Status 0x85ff7652343413121b841e16ff6bd713 7/19/2015 10:08:00 PM Unknown 8.00.000 AOL 228 KB
3 Status 0x80af613d6c50e750c1aae29b8134f7e2 4/18/2015 6:42:00 PM Unknown 8.00.000 AOL 232 KB
4 Status 0xbfd51f8d92dcdf00e5a2ea9d8a222b28 2/6/2012 6:58:00 PM Unknown 9.00.003 AOL 253 KB
5 Status 0x2dbf7822aa6593a8e2c95b68c5727053 1/19/2012 4:57:00 PM Unknown 9.00.008 AOL 220 KB
6 Status 0x6dbf334ccb3a8cf911888873764c7e28 7/26/2011 10:30:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL 228 KB
7 Status 0x98e72438c1b73c4034750837353bc98d 7/24/2011 6:20:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL 228 KB
8 Status 0x4a24d593e1cf46f70cb828c02b1dc567 7/23/2011 3:32:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 253 KB
9 Status 0xfe02a2fe74e9e58452594eea8a2e7741 6/18/2011 8:50:00 PM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL 176 KB
10 Status 0xe22a5a67c82c5ab456b22767e8ef8530 6/13/2011 9:51:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 253 KB
11 Status 0x0497025041f069ee1644962463971ba8 5/24/2011 2:13:00 PM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL 176 KB
12 Status 0xb3c4896764186e908786d8f11a03e82d 3/23/2011 11:44:00 AM Unknown 9.00.002 AOL 253 KB
13 Status 0xd0e2c4b0638980182fc4e5df27b43f6c 12/17/2010 10:01:00 AM Unknown 9.00.003 AOL 233 KB
14 Status 0x6e86617afb90612640767f00a82bd163 12/6/2010 8:32:00 PM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL 176 KB
15 Status 0x965bbde38dbdf50e13c37868e87f1b90 8/22/2010 3:09:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 253 KB
16 Status 0x0529aeb90e4216d4f7fd9a8966a629f9 6/3/2010 1:19:00 AM Unknown 9.00.006 AOL 228 KB
17 Status 0x75437126643a7c22eb51f69144f6c97a 3/31/2010 4:02:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL 228 KB
18 Status 0x93a06f9f48aae8f83cdbcde1fcec6263 3/28/2010 6:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 232 KB
19 Status 0x31221fe812ff37c5f18a63578357330f 3/16/2010 10:47:00 AM Unknown 7.00.000 AOL 176 KB
20 Status 0x206e74cacf0d9c1cabf9d46e4279882b 2/27/2010 10:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 253 KB
21 Status 0x98a5bd82f7a2b3df29ff95dbff019693 1/31/2010 5:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 232 KB
22 Status 0x0a050b568fd67c3d32873494120909dc 1/9/2010 2:32:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 253 KB
23 Status 0xe0e7d43ddc9feec5f2261cdeb6beb060 12/12/2009 8:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 176 KB
24 Status 0xbbd5b6e87e8b81ea8f8192f752559d95 12/7/2009 2:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 240 KB
25 Status 0x8d0698988abf52f0ce46aeba73b30a86 11/3/2009 12:23:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 253 KB


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