AOLSoftware.exe
AOL Service Libraries by AOL Inc. (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of aolsoftware.exe in the wild, the latest version being 16.4.6.1. aolsoftware.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 40.82 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to AOL Inc. by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Uninstall AOL Emergency Connect Utility 1.0 from AOL Inc.. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 8.94 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 12.03 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 45.22 KB per minute for reads and 850 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| 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 |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AOL Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of AOL Service Libraries.)
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 ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of aolsoftware.exe, select a unique version for details.)
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'
All file variations of aolsoftware.exe
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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