Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent processes
Related files
 PE file structure
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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegCloseKey, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyW
kernel32.dll
CloseHandle, LoadLibraryExW, CreateEventW, GetCurrentProcessId, GetProcAddress, FindClose, FindFirstFileW, GetModuleFileNameW, FreeLibrary, OutputDebugStringW, GetVersionExW, GetPrivateProfileStringW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoW, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, IsDebuggerPresent
msvcr90.dll
DllMain
AOLSoftware.exe
AOL Service Libraries by AOL Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 16.4.6.1 |
| MD5: | 3f654601a593a96bc4a47035b0829e69 |
| SHA1: | a571aa5d65b440010e8dfe7ec522c70a7846e72f |
| SHA256: | 236ed57bff34f6a67d9a7765d218f1d525cc56b98f8200ffcdda00f5ebf3ad97 |
Overview
aolsoftware.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
waol.exe (AOL by AOL Inc.). It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. This is typically installed with the program Uninstall AOL Emergency Connect Utility 1.0 published by AOL Inc..
Details
| File name: | aolsoftware.exe |
| Publisher: | AOL Inc. |
| Product name: | AOL Service Libraries |
| Description: | AOL |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1294151942\ee\aolsoftware.exe |
| File version: | 16.4.6.1 |
| Size: | 40.82 KB (41,800 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AOL Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Uninstall AOL Emergency Connect Utility (ECU) provides a utilit to help determine why an AOL connection is failing and provides a way to unintsall and fix the AOL connections. If you are experiencing a problem with AOL connectivity online, this tool will help restore it.
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'HostManager' → "C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1294151942\ee\AOLSoftware.exe"
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1333358600\ee\aolsoftware.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.04623435% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02125447% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02497988% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,277 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,742,888/sec | |
| Context switches: | 5/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.94 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 12.03 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.66 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.94 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 109.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 119.1 MB | |
| Working set: | 6.58 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.98 MB | |
| Page faults: | 31,425/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 45.22 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 33/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 850 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 13/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 86.89 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1,122/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 20 | |
| Handles: | 336 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 17 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 19 | |
| GUI USER count: | 52 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 63 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1331762113\ee\aolsoftware.exe" /h servicehost.defaultgrp
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1377220113\ee\aolsoftware.exe" /h servicehost.defaultgrp
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1358979336\ee\aolsoftware.exe" /h servicehost.defaultgrp
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1349469620\ee\aolsoftware.exe" /h servicehost.defaultgrp
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1362983685\ee\aolsoftware.exe"
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1336073227\ee\aolsoftware.exe" /h servicehost.defaultgrp
- "C:\Program Files\common files\aol\1347048707\ee\aolsoftware.exe"
- (11 more)
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| MSVCR90.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00404150% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00242488% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00161662% | |
| CPU cycles: | 90,535/sec | |
| Memory: | 652 KB | |
| aolsoftware.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00210248% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00101316% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00108932% | |
| CPU cycles: | 212,332/sec | |
| Memory: | 48 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00020054% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00020054% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,254/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| WS2_32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00016012% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016012% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,433/sec | |
| Memory: | 212 KB | |
| wow64win.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006773% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006773% | |
| CPU cycles: | 116/sec | |
| Memory: | 360 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.45% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
18.18% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.09% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
9.09% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.55% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.55% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.55% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.55% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 95.45% of AOL Service Libraries.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
46.15% |
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| Dell |
30.77% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
15.38% |
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| Samsung |
7.69% |
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