File purpose and description:

Aolsoftware.exe is a program which could have been installed by you, or may have even arrived on your computer the day you purchased it as this may have been preinstalled software. The actual disk location is also listed below, always verify where its located on your hard drive, as this makes sure it is not spyware or adware simply placed elsewhere on your computer, and using the same name in an attempt to fool you. Aolsoftware.exe is a file that would have been installed with the AOL 9.0 software or later. The actual file location is listed below, always verify the proper location. The aolsoftware.exe program is a file that is installed whenever you download and install the AOL Explorer. It sits in your system tray and allows easy access to aol software and startup. AOL Explorer is a free program for anyone (it can be downloaded on the aol.com site) that allows you to browse the internet, use tabs, and customize your own toolbar for favorites and rss feeds. Aolsoftware.exe is considered safe and is not spyware or adware, and it can be removed from your startup as it is not required. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
aolsoftware.exe

File type:
This is an executable program from AOL.

File or folder location:
The actual file will be found at c:\program files\common files\AOL\ (You may also have another folder within here but aolsoftware.exe will be in this path).

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, aolsoftware.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 aolsoftware.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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