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What is acsd.exe? AOL Connectivity ?

Vendor:      America Online
Product:     AOL
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: acsd.exe - Provides automatic reconnect in AOL 9.0; this version is obsolete and several bugs have been reported with it. It has been replaced by AOLACSD.EXE as of July 2004. You should update your version of AOL as soon as possible.

acsd.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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acsd.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
acsd.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x73d675514f148b1e69429e1d95e22adc 8/17/2016 4:35:00 AM Unknown 1,0,17,5 AOL Connectivity 1344 KB
2 Status 0x52e82740fdf434a625fe0ac5e119a51f 3/15/2016 8:26:00 AM Unknown 1,0,25,3 AOL Connectivity 1401 KB
3 Status 0x7810fe98adb56a4d908595926d75bc9a 2/2/2012 7:39:00 PM Unknown 1,0,22,1 AOL Connectivity 1356 KB
4 Status 0xd67f35beb1c8a2a8921a1159b569b878 2/1/2012 8:29:00 PM Unknown 1,0,18,1 AOL Connectivity 1344 KB
5 Status 0xc4d9f3f3678d03f9f43bd8749632a298 9/16/2011 4:50:00 PM Unknown 1,0,24,9 AOL Connectivity 1376 KB
6 Status 0x6e2a4876cbda2acdcd1c31a27db59ba3 7/24/2011 6:20:00 PM Unknown 1,0,23,5 AOL Connectivity 1360 KB
7 Status 0x65f19376395c6d6d8551b85f6b640234 12/11/2009 3:23:00 PM Unknown 1,0,22,1 AOL Connectivity 1352 KB
8 Status 0x737fe060531fb5cf8cf200ba86567245 5/1/2009 9:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1376 KB
9 Status 0x7cb57730a7aa327cb0614fd25a18b8f3 4/27/2009 2:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1348 KB
10 Status 0x28e797da5491c5af234d0098e5543582 4/25/2009 1:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1344 KB
11 Status 0xa6781cd122d064090e6fc4ef4d6a2758 1/1/2009 4:56:00 PM Unknown 1,0,25,3 AOL Connectivity 1401 KB
12 Status 0xda6b0de8645eed2d06f9d63a459d32c6 1/1/2009 4:18:00 PM Unknown 1,0,14,5 AOL Connectivity 1340 KB
13 Status 0x3415fc94758054d665eb660d352c3f4b 11/30/2008 4:20:00 PM Unknown 1,0,24,5 AOL Connectivity 1388 KB
14 Status 0xd90ef65924a8ddf8d9e0de1cbe627ada 11/17/2008 3:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1376 KB
15 Status 0x1e93a3eba8eb29b9700d1511cd8b7e60 10/23/2008 2:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1352 KB
16 Status 0xa81bb1d8159cdca188021e1811d55aab 5/16/2008 6:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1356 KB
17 Status 0x9ffab8b3a8886cac47852f20ad3966db 5/14/2008 9:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1344 KB
18 Status 0xd8a4411333064806bfe272aa7a4dd6e8 3/28/2008 11:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown AOL Connectivity 1356 KB


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