Is aolsp scheduler.exe safe or is this task spyware?



Purpose of aolsp scheduler.exe:









File purpose and description:

AOLSP Scheduler.exe is a file which would have been installed by you and would not have arrived as preinstalled software on your PC. The actual disk and folder location is shown below for you, so you can verify this software is not virus or spyware related. Always confirm the proper folder location of the file when concerned about a virus or spyware. This AOLSP Scheduler.exe file is a program from AOL (America Online ISP). This program is a spyware protector provided by AOL, this came with AOL 9.0 so its most likely on all later versions also. This allows you to search your system for spyware. If you do not use the America Online spyware program, then you do not need to have this running and you can terminate this task. This file is considered safe and is not virus or spyware related. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
aolsp scheduler.exe

File type:
This is an executable program from AOL 9.0 (or later).

File or folder location:
c:\program files\common files\aol\1127326754\ee\services\antiSpywareApp\ver2_0_32_1\AOLSP Scheduler.exe is where this file is commonly 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, aolsp scheduler.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 aolsp scheduler.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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