Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Relationships

Parent process

AOLHostManager.exe (AOL Service Libraries by America Online)

Related files

PE file structure

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Import table

advapi32.dll

RegOpenKeyExA, RegCreateKeyExA, RegSetValueExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCloseKey

aolsvcmgr.dll

_SMGetCmdLineArg@12

kernel32.dll

LoadLibraryA, GetLastError, SetLastError, IsBadCodePtr, GetSystemDirectoryA, GetLongPathNameA, GetModuleFileNameA, SetEvent, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetWindowsDirectoryA, LoadLibraryExA, ReleaseMutex, ExitProcess, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, GetCurrentProcess, GetModuleHandleA, InterlockedExchange, WaitForSingleObject, CompareStringA, FreeLibrary, CloseHandle

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoTaskMemFree, CoInitializeEx, CoRegisterMessageFilter, CreateBindCtx, CoCreateInstance, CoUninitialize, CoInitialize, CoUnmarshalInterface, CoMarshalInterface, CoGetStandardMarshal, StringFromCLSID

user32.dll

KillTimer, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, SetTimer

xprt3.dll

xprt_memset, _XprtGetMilliseconds@0, xprt_iswdigit, _XprtInitialize@4, _XprtUninitialize@0, _XprtMessageLoop@0, _XprtRequestMessageId@0, _XprtRegisterMessageCallback@8, xprt_strlen, xprt_strcmp, _XprtAtomicDecrement@4, _XprtAtomicIncrement@4, _XprtCreateThread@12, _XprtPostQuitMessage@8, xprt_memcpy, _XprtDestroyThread@8, _XprtUnregisterMessageCallback@4, _XprtReleaseMessageId@4, _XprtGetMessageQueue@0, _XprtPostMessage@16

AOLServiceHost.exe

AOL Service Libraries by America Online (Signed)

Remove AOLServiceHost.exe

Version:	1.0.0.6
MD5:	c2208152de85f44a73abb6bb5866b314
SHA1:	91220ed8a5ac2e002b9def4d350deb509e16936c
SHA256:	c560ec82b3c23b0464845d2109d6f2889b6047cc2b1dc6a25f0e5bab61bdb555

Overview

aolservicehost.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent AOLHostManager.exe (AOL Service Libraries by America Online). 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).

Details

File name:	aolservicehost.exe
Publisher:	America Online, Inc.
Product name:	AOL Service Libraries
Description:	AOLServiceHost Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1293968116\EE\aolservicehost.exe
File version:	1.0.0.6
Size:	108.09 KB (110,680 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	America Online
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Thursday, October 7, 2004
Expiration date:	Saturday, October 8, 2005
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Windows firewall allowed program

Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections

Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1380941162\EE\AOLServiceHost.exe'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00032519%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00018828%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00013691%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	70 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	4,796/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	3.89 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	2.44 MB
Private (minimum):	224 KB
Non-paged memory:	3.89 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	65.07 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	70.63 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	500 KB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.85 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	2,987/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	182 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	2 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	320 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	3/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	118	600
GUI GDI count:	12	103
GUI GDI peak:	13	142
GUI USER count:	7	49
GUI USER peak:	8	71