File purpose and description:

The actual file location is listed below, always check and make sure your program is in the proper location so it is not spyware. This file is a program from AOL that simply starts other programs, for example if you double click this to run it, it will start up your AOL Explorer program. This program is considered safe and is not spyware or adware, but it simply is a startup launcher for the program you are trying to execute on your menu. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
aollaunch.exe

File type:
This is an executable program.

File or folder location:
The actual file will be found at c:\program files\common files\AOL\ (Note that you may have other folders within this path where the actual aollaunch.exe program is found).

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, aollaunch.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of aollaunch.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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hpgs2wnf.exe	hphipm07.exe	hphipm11.exe	hphmon03.exe	hphmon04.exe
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