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RegDeleteValueA, RegCreateKeyExA, RegSetValueExA, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExA, RegQueryValueExA, CloseServiceHandle, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerA, SetServiceStatus, UnlockServiceDatabase
kernel32.dll
ResetEvent, Process32Next, Process32First, CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, ExitProcess, GetModuleHandleA, CreateThread, LocalFree, LocalAlloc, LoadLibraryA, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, OpenEventA, GetLastError, SetEvent, OpenProcess, WaitForSingleObject, GetCurrentProcessId, CloseHandle, Sleep, GetVersionExA, LCMapStringW, GetEnvironmentStrings, GetModuleFileNameA, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, FindClose, SetEnvironmentVariableA, SetCurrentDirectoryA, GetCurrentDirectoryA, GetFullPathNameA, FindFirstFileA, GetDriveTypeA, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetSystemTime, GetLocalTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, RtlUnwind, GetStartupInfoA, GetCommandLineA, GetVersion, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, LCMapStringA, CreateEventA, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, FatalAppExitA, GetCurrentThreadId, TlsSetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsFree, SetLastError, TlsGetValue, GetCurrentThread, UnhandledExceptionFilter, CompareStringW, GetLocaleInfoA, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetStdHandle, GetFileType, GetEnvironmentVariableA, HeapDestroy, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, WriteFile, VirtualAlloc, HeapReAlloc, IsBadWritePtr, GetCPInfo, IsValidLocale, IsValidCodePage, IsBadCodePtr, GetACP, GetUserDefaultLCID, SetStdHandle, FlushFileBuffers, CreateFileA, SetFilePointer, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsBadReadPtr, SetEndOfFile, GetOEMCP, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, GetLocaleInfoW, ReadFile, SetConsoleCtrlHandler, CompareStringA
user32.dll
GetMessageA, DefWindowProcA, CreateWindowExA, RegisterClassA, DispatchMessageA, TranslateMessage

aoltsmon.exe

AOL TopSpeed Monitor by America Online (Signed)

Remove aoltsmon.exe
Version:   2, 0, 0, 0
MD5:   7fb54900aa9792ab6307c699ec1859d4
SHA1:   a5316a3b7afd0811879b7550f824e2813549529c
SHA256:   cda8a505388a8873cfb6f7d793a807ae84b9eb7fa25414f0dced6e6cd2924a33

About aoltsmon.exe (from America Online)

The AOL TopSpeed Web acceleration technology is a feature designed to speed up the Web browsing experience on your AOL Desktop Software. The TopSpeed technology creates its own local browser cache on

Overview

aoltsmon.exe runs as a service under the name AOL TopSpeed Monitor (AOL TopSpeedMonitor) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. The file is digitally signed by America Online which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:aoltsmon.exe
Publisher:America Online, Inc
Product name:AOL TopSpeed(TM) Monitor
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\aol\topspeed\2.0\aoltsmon.exe
File version:2, 0, 0, 0
Size:97.67 KB (100,016 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:America Online
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, October 7, 2004
Expiration date:Saturday, October 8, 2005
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'AOL TopSpeedMonitor' (AOL TopSpeed Monitor)
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\TopSpeed\2.0\aoltsmon.exe'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00027252%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00016224%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00011028%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:303 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:49,900/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.26 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):2.07 MB
Private (minimum):402 KB
Non-paged memory:1.26 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:48.14 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):49.63 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:470 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):3.74 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:727/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:356 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:699 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:18/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:96
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI USER count:2
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:64-bit
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:AOL TopSpeedMonitor
Display name:AOL TopSpeed Monitor
Type:Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
aoltsmon.dll (AOL TopSpeed Monitor by America Online, Inc)
Total CPU:0.00021659%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00010829%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00010829%
0.165382%
Memory:144 KB
1.16 MB
aoltsmon.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00020124%
Kernel CPU:0.00015248%
User CPU:0.00004877%
CPU cycles:18,015/sec
Memory:100 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 62.50%
Microsoft Windows XP 37.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 100.00% of AOL TopSpeed(TM) Monitor.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Toshiba 100.00%
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