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Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

1.11.2.1 85.71%
1.10.3.1 14.29%

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aolpricecheckserver.exe

Price Check by AOL by AOL Inc. (Signed)

Remove aolpricecheckserver.exe
Version:   1.11.2.1
MD5:   33134b589fa042a7465e17622fd82801
SHA1:   f9a03b491837b77f0ebd6ee5f9a26fdae02da502
SHA256:   652f87793bd4bd8e3fc4d2a7c60b63c46818aa11062ddb9e5d73f976ad03b7c7

What is aolpricecheckserver.exe?

Price Check by AOL will let you know when there are coupons or better prices from competing merchants by monitoring viewed web pages for affiliated merchants. IE Broker for Price Check by AOL is a running process that communicates with the IE Plugin for Price Check by AOL which is the dll loaded into Internet Explorer.

About aolpricecheckserver.exe (from AOL Inc.)

“Who doesn't want to save 20% on a purchase they're already looking to make? Well, Pricecheck is here to find that bargain for you! Pricecheck is all about connecting you with deals based on what you'r”

DetailsDetails

File name:aolpricecheckserver.exe
Publisher:AOL Inc.
Product name:Price Check by AOL
Description:IE Broker for Price Check by AOL
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\price check by aol\aolpricecheckserver.exe
Original name:aolpricecheck.exe
File version:1.11.2.1
Size:168.88 KB (172,936 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:AOL Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, December 10, 2009
Expiration date:Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Price Check by AOL
 AOL Inc.
  68% remove
Price Check by AOL will let you know when there are coupons or better prices from competing merchants by monitoring viewed web pages for affiliated merchants. The Price Check by AOL product consists of a Browswer Helper Object for Intenet Explorer as well as a server process (IE Broker for Price Check by AOL). When visiting one of the domains on the limited list, the Price Check toolbar will send the product or service information you ...

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00345093%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00217961%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00127132%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:24 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:1.24 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):3.43 MB
Private (minimum):3.37 MB
Non-paged memory:1.24 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:51.72 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):56.31 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.24 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.66 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:82
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:9
142
GUI USER count:3
49
GUI USER peak:4
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\price check by aol\aolpricecheckserver.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate N 100.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 100.00% of Price Check by AOL.
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