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What is aol.exe? AOL

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

Process is Bad PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Pitstop 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: AOL.exe is the executable file for America online and should not be deleted. Ignore any emails warning of a security risk as this is a known hoax causing unwarranted concern.
It load it self in the start up for a fast load.

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

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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
aol.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0xc05cf2ca46a3ab41e6a2632a4c940a87 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 15 179 812 Not Applicable
2 Status 0xd29055d3f0aae264e906fc50b0883b30 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 6 48 209 Not Applicable
3 Status 0x7cb4b52a605bdfee027bd191baf1f339 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 35 238 927 Not Applicable
4 Status 0xeb0f7745a91146bdbd5c51b3cfe1cb42 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 10 63 222 Not Applicable
5 Status 0xc713d36ccdf92102c6c1292e15b96369 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 13 69 244 Not Applicable
6 Status 0x38d5f11d9397c775797e475a362458a3 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 82 514 1955 Not Applicable
7 Status 0x5d278a25f7945ce3fad0678d18285138 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 6 13 16 Not Applicable
8 Status 0xeb5b898ce2ffa25335ee71a020eba4ec More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 13 167 726 Not Applicable
9 Status 0xfab2add63f411138ba52ccf24135a45e More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 8 58 260 Not Applicable
10 Status 0x813c7894bc9b2ee24548b7f5122ffd57 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 29 231 1116 Not Applicable
11 Status 0xd179e5ef2780241c59cc56d72907f615 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 5 42 246 Not Applicable
12 Status 0xf43f45c77387a1128ead7792e086b759 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 1 7 52 Not Applicable
13 Status 0xaf5258aec01dabd6b3bd3193e1ad7b82 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 369 2674 11471 Not Applicable
14 Status 0xb51baaaf69980fb5e7351df213d8962e More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 129 945 4175 Not Applicable
15 Status 0xc7fd668587f0cc15a0dadc24e63a40e8 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 66 508 2059 Not Applicable
16 Status 0x9c655908dfc7e916788475ce7432424b More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 2 38 191 Not Applicable
17 Status 0x6e8df481e7d9375fb61367d83661de33 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 1 11 36 Not Applicable
18 Status 0x898edd86faf3633865abafc837b6026a More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 193 1107 2353 Not Applicable
19 Status 0xe23716abd966036a8a077f42621dcfa1 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 13 62 245 Not Applicable
20 Status 0xdd3032529bb51ea8c9cc6f44369761a2 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 1 8 36 Not Applicable
21 Status 0xe3151f5e32688e47568c40253cd22f76 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 28 264 1202 Not Applicable
22 Status 0x5a491e5302026b89dbdf57e831bc4b02 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 1 44 225 Not Applicable
23 Status 0xf7643b55345f50f7e6b1a17f0155e52c More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 3 33 115 Not Applicable
24 Status 0xab78cf5c3eff405157edcbeb52a395e4 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 3 23 116 Not Applicable
25 Status 0xa5c620fbe936436bbe54ed5253cd8fc3 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 3 20 80 Not Applicable
26 Status 0x8fc6a73dcbc27f310ab4cd9998ab8f17 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 9 82 422 Not Applicable
27 Status 0xa8948d912bd56cb8ee4e559facd296bb More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 9 80 352 Not Applicable
28 Status 0xe217cef5a755f61438253302556a39c6 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 1 9 57 Not Applicable
29 Status 0x5194d17edab5b5f68c14cea4325ff1a8 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 1 13 73 Not Applicable
30 Status 0xe56690b0f688e40db8f092c92ff05ceb More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 6 59 403 Not Applicable
31 Status 0x29fcea7cdd569412ed9bd9033d0d67e8 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 2 24 144 Not Applicable
32 Status 0x70331bb9289532e7d37d1e199d6c07d3 More File Information 5/24/2013 Unsigned 2 7 18 Not Applicable
33 Status 0x9c4239915e23d7df1ddfb88512c08249 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 52 358 1524 Not Applicable
34 Status 0x5e2579b09358d8ea26830b13e1ef8cbe More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 7 49 217 Not Applicable
35 Status 0xe061bb3aca8daf11e60d15e05de9f6ed More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 220 1995 8893 Not Applicable
36 Status 0xc7ef0ea6dec000b6caa37939116d7c2e More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 398 2698 12618 Not Applicable
37 Status 0x5f784a750f956a3ddea873ea3ca5a8e4 More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 25 120 553 Not Applicable
38 Status 0xa5ebfbc47f8f8029c4922c5af136fa5d More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 303 1843 8591 Not Applicable
39 Status 0x1698e0095510bfc99f2692df6587f9ec More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 9 85 334 Not Applicable
40 Status 0xd30f99a7df7263704e36c7295b6073af More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 373 2561 12319 Not Applicable
41 Status 0x0309388d674b254fa1655bdb16fc1b2c More File Information 5/24/2013 Signed 1 12 153 Not Applicable
42 Status 0x1e97f7f7fd735eea69b6540a553b098d More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 0 11 70 Not Applicable
43 Status 0x050344ae64cbb95f6ac36629b9cb8c31 More File Information 5/23/2013 Unsigned 0 1 1 Not Applicable
44 Status 0x01b8289d2d5d56c446316035bb77c31c More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 0 11 83 Not Applicable
45 Status 0x43990d4bfcad760be68d5bdab05561a7 More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 0 14 199 Not Applicable
46 Status 0x43c9cb76e53d5c04b58de33737c67398 More File Information 5/23/2013 Unsigned 0 11 38 Not Applicable
47 Status 0x0315fddcbfb4ce0f7e050799bd5edeed More File Information 5/23/2013 Unsigned 0 2 3 Not Applicable
48 Status 0x1a12a1f9f09a0f3c8c42a3d6e8224edb More File Information 5/22/2013 Signed 0 3 11 Not Applicable
49 Status 0x09a2436ddafee16d1a73b4cf44f3b4c9 More File Information 5/22/2013 Unsigned 0 1 6 Not Applicable
50 Status 0x2e4d7b69950adb171f4a01abb00a7b69 More File Information 5/22/2013 Signed 0 6 13 Not Applicable
51 Status 0xeb68ab4a12e291104657db5e546bc188 More File Information 5/21/2013 Signed 0 4 35 Not Applicable
52 Status 0x824b545f6d626cb6cc1ed0a9ce618bb7 More File Information 5/21/2013 Signed 0 1 5 Not Applicable
53 Status 0x2baae1aaf27344c29e217a655ba99124 More File Information 5/20/2013 Signed 0 3 22 Not Applicable
54 Status 0x7bfca90477a16814474cd3b02b650789 More File Information 5/20/2013 Unsigned 0 1 1 Not Applicable
55 Status 0x2cc24b60b8c65bd105f6b1fcdda79592 More File Information 5/20/2013 Signed 0 1 3 Not Applicable
56 Status 0x51ed0b9558eedc4526901b67197539ed More File Information 5/17/2013 Signed 0 0 18 Not Applicable
57 Status 0xf7721decc9bf5b8c83f33076f339851c More File Information 5/14/2013 Signed 0 0 1 Not Applicable
58 Status 0x7898d9bcdf25e52b4cf06000caf1b06a More File Information 5/13/2013 Signed 0 0 5 Not Applicable
59 Status 0xb7279a2d8ac234134e5b702f64f3bd9e More File Information 5/12/2013 Signed 0 0 2 Not Applicable
60 Status 0xebf0d0865f2be2aeae24dca9abece62c More File Information 5/10/2013 Signed 0 0 22 Not Applicable
61 Status 0x87a83c1be44c90bb6bbdc1aba3e6d713 More File Information 4/25/2013 Signed 0 0 1 Not Applicable
62 Status 0x456c4e76db87fbd7e2ebb43b2081a735 More File Information 4/21/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
63 Status 0x062742d4b7bfe1e3c6294097c9c9593c More File Information 4/17/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
64 Status 0x9c5b87929676f29ec8a41a01a02d2511 More File Information 4/15/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
65 Status 0x738329f461e450a3086cec18eb9f4d9d More File Information 4/3/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
66 Status 0x70c136c1fda144131a3d4275c9f72255 More File Information 3/31/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
67 Status 0x6409c10d814b7e1c7ad23b568352c35d More File Information 3/28/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
68 Status 0xd19b91adb6f51f2f91afe7c1a34303d6 More File Information 3/24/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
69 Status 0x8a98c5a39766a09476753722d27a6065 More File Information 3/16/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
70 Status 0x0db744968ff955edf399aa9e369d222b More File Information 3/7/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
71 Status 0x8cbea098910bca66ef41f726b5af9845 More File Information 2/11/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
72 Status 0x57f440efeb1be8417ad3562f719e6d1b More File Information 2/4/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
73 Status 0x25e7a7c17f0736558d050d325f384ccc More File Information 1/31/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
74 Status 0x18e3bdfbb2769a3cea31c6785f388372 More File Information 1/4/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
75 Status 0x6ef565a7dfd277a661de794ad208d349 More File Information 12/29/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
76 Status 0x75302922e36c94416d224282439cb210 More File Information 12/26/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
77 Status 0x294a77ae3cc5f1f463d264a268662833 More File Information 12/23/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
78 Status 0x0848e477eeb9d701aa217bc445f3fe25 More File Information 12/20/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
79 Status 0x8abb1c3cfcffaa414a02337fba38eeff More File Information 11/10/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
80 Status 0x4659897a4c05bfed874ed18b2b4a2e91 More File Information 10/22/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
81 Status 0xa838f29658b4448dc8a5f3f6104cc2e6 More File Information 10/14/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
82 Status 0x2fb8c3740f6c59712e66a7a15aef6946 More File Information 10/8/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
83 Status 0x99e7e8be85b7d9d1ff2ac0bca42c90e0 More File Information 8/28/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
84 Status 0xba40eca8db215caf1c99bc78a3e1c5fe More File Information 7/2/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
85 Status 0x256cc11f2b94dc0423b06f5cac9261c6 More File Information 6/16/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
86 Status 0x6c09274c9dc18bfb192edfabfc87783e More File Information 6/15/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
87 Status 0xa0dd6a25d809d7702c2abe84c88d571f More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
88 Status 0x7bfbafc36943bdc85322d6935fa1c738 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
89 Status 0xe27d51dd401d30d56854ba30f005e0c8 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
90 Status 0xbe29414ec7fea59ec3133ec1c6ee237d More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
91 Status 0xc84f100ff7a65df5fad4682041ca51e4 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
92 Status 0xfdfc6fc12145fd633dd88d3110afc02a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
93 Status 0x7a99030f02cda11a6a9e23d3467d940c More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
94 Status 0x068bf6d4a2db236d66590e5c0f914c7c More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
95 Status 0x36215f0ad81813bd4059a12a7e93d99d More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
96 Status 0xd2bff589ce7467eb105a2462a9358165 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
97 Status 0x44ed9d31857b7ac55fbb4f10b6a87464 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
98 Status 0x7e79c70bf6f8f6e76bb101deb6666284 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
99 Status 0x07e79c70bf6f8f6e76bb101deb666628 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
100 Status 0x009a2436ddafee16d1a73b4cf44f3b4c More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable



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