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What is shellmon.exe? AOL?

Vendor:      AOL
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.
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: shellmon.exe is installed as part of America Online ISP and with the free AOL client 8.0 and upwards. It works in the background of aolware.exe or aolsoftware.exe depending on the version of the installed AOL client.

shellmon.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


shellmon.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
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shellmon.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: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
shellmon.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xacfae4ff9bd98093969eda1d03398089 4/30/2016 4:55:00 AM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
2 Status 0x33caf63639f67f94b2e890a39573f1e9 12/11/2015 1:00:00 AM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
3 Status 0xb168e3d302e33c137a0cf8b60addc57b 2/28/2015 4:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 44 KB
4 Status 0x9a2a25e1b8fd6260f2da8611465db712 2/5/2015 3:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
5 Status 0x92ca7fe0aed73db79a2931446eedeb2b 1/5/2015 2:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
6 Status 0xd632008ca7f1a4d36b6cd2460071f51e 11/24/2014 10:12:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
7 Status 0x1f3eda7ba49d8987c6a2b5d1347aaefd 10/11/2014 9:59:00 AM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
8 Status 0x1e859a926d7896f51bb5e1e3055d4c8f 9/23/2014 8:51:00 AM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
9 Status 0xb6fd459e7fdbbd2fd34c685c20af20a6 8/12/2014 2:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
10 Status 0x29aa8b82563e47f7200e10ae21dccad9 8/3/2014 9:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
11 Status 0xb900feb6f4f996e55256c82b0cbfa548 7/25/2014 1:02:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
12 Status 0x30839e7686b49c930d4f54efe21a1aaa 2/19/2014 6:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 44 KB
13 Status 0x306671d79ee4631e708911890d44e236 10/20/2012 2:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 44 KB
14 Status 0x2195ab9e9808a6a230316b6e79dbd6a7 2/1/2012 10:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 0 KB
15 Status 0x910a22e7e890bb94be744843193dca99 1/29/2012 12:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 44 KB
16 Status 0xaf8ad8c32bfb9e6bebd1efb6ada1eabf 1/28/2012 1:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
17 Status 0x68aa667359d096b54739b79fd581a1e7 1/24/2012 10:02:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
18 Status 0xd09ebb9de1bcff890d14d366e56b8eee 1/17/2012 3:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 44 KB
19 Status 0x2f17b76d768f2a3b72d3b0f7f1c30634 1/10/2012 1:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
20 Status 0xcb6594cf2f73ca9d928117fb2a57ae54 9/14/2011 3:04:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
21 Status 0xb0cb2b29a9c225ad14f71dbad56ea6cf 9/11/2011 12:28:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
22 Status 0x1b1593d4ee7f929b14dcc7220b982c56 9/2/2011 11:33:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
23 Status 0xba0e5a99a3c42691fc28bedbcce11cc6 8/21/2011 1:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
24 Status 0x29d7d01d77d05bea3cfc6ed6df7e312b 8/19/2011 3:50:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB
25 Status 0xdc6569dc928c87e0f75c86f525246cfb 8/18/2011 6:06:00 PM Unknown 9.05.001 AOL 53 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xf093707c39b3b38653cdb94c85a80772 5/20/2016 5:07:00 AM Unknown 9.02.000 AOL 53 KB
2 Status 0xb2179019b78406ed702ad87d5602b3f4 4/20/2015 10:39:00 PM Unknown 9.02.000 AOL 53 KB
3 Status 0xaeaa213a69425b304bd3dab22c3a26d6 2/6/2012 6:58:00 PM Unknown 9.00.003 AOL 38 KB
4 Status 0x00a9147589b655a9b50a0c3da0b649fd 1/19/2012 4:57:00 PM Unknown 9.00.007 AOL 40 KB
5 Status 0x74c457245fec17e45e7ba8ccdcc4af15 9/5/2011 1:27:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
6 Status 0x696e9cdfc8fb172dcfc3cf5ac3b9ffda 7/26/2011 10:30:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL 40 KB
7 Status 0xbc20cbc80073037a52eef7951eab79c9 7/23/2011 3:32:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
8 Status 0x0c4d9f5dbee9be97bd3909b6bf51a532 7/13/2011 12:12:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
9 Status 0x70ccff6bec4966b3db70902964a98f0e 6/17/2011 11:29:00 PM Unknown 9.02.000 AOL 53 KB
10 Status 0x2b068f18ea68fd9115ba3bb2c353e2bb 6/13/2011 9:51:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
11 Status 0x9acd22f263b10099f5c82bc564baf757 2/25/2011 7:06:00 PM Unknown 9.02.000 AOL 53 KB
12 Status 0x1df4e0e2a38adc249d65bd474c6e0cc0 8/22/2010 5:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 133 KB
13 Status 0xe403e6d56c29c5606f24c7108f092e56 8/22/2010 3:09:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
14 Status 0x8af2e08a3db6e78a1ba0faa73bfa0a06 6/26/2010 7:59:00 AM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL 40 KB
15 Status 0x232a4827efc9266b6f6af46c181869b7 5/21/2010 1:14:00 AM Unknown 9.02.000 AOL 53 KB
16 Status 0xc832306e35394de3abec3c44b75a0b0e 3/7/2010 6:55:00 PM Unknown 9.00.000 AOL 40 KB
17 Status 0x0a6b2b6871ec14ea2f29ca9efd5fec42 1/31/2010 4:02:00 AM Unknown 9.02.002 AOL 53 KB
18 Status 0x69bbe46ada65a395d4d3a291be9c354b 12/7/2009 2:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL 60 KB
19 Status 0x7fbff8890878a493e1359b8b134aab38 10/31/2009 9:41:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
20 Status 0x2d1348bd16eabac1ff434537d9957fbd 9/27/2009 8:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 108 KB
21 Status 0xdbe5e28bbdaf633d8290db738ca5f9e9 7/10/2009 8:27:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
22 Status 0x79a3d444ce63f1a3080551059660399b 6/17/2009 3:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 40 KB
23 Status 0x896fd4ea615e4896d484be63a03cd53f 5/29/2009 10:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL 53 KB
24 Status 0x61cc9eb1966efe02e7c7bbbdaa62ca6a 2/27/2009 5:23:00 PM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB
25 Status 0x8414acc6f45e8dfeb5cc3df93bdf721e 2/20/2009 10:56:00 AM Unknown 9.00.001 AOL 37 KB


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