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AOLAcsd.exe file information

The process AOL Connectivity Service belongs to the software AOL Connectivity Services or AOL Uninstaller or AOL Optimized Dial-In or AOLacsd.exe by America Online, Inc (www.aol.com) or AOL LLC.

Description: File AOLAcsd.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files" (typically c:\program files\common files\aol\acs\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1135728 bytes (29% of all occurrence), 10328 bytes, 46640 bytes, 1140312 bytes, 46680 bytes, 1123440 bytes, 1139824 bytes, 1126400 bytes.
The program is not visible. The file is not a Windows core file. It is a Verisign signed file. AOLAcsd.exe is certified by a trustworthy company. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. AOLAcsd.exe is able to connect to Internet, hide itself, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 38% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

• "AolAcsDaemon1" must run at start up. AOL Connectivity Service - starts an automatic function that restores the connection should you lose it while online. Negates having to go through the procedure of signing back on manually

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as AOLAcsd.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the AOLAcsd.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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as soon as my comp logged on it would keep poppin up- and rebooting didnt help. was bad. had to delete anything aol. prob gone.
  mel  

There are 2 ways to deal with this file.. firstly if you have xp pro disable aol connectivity services there or if you have xp home disable aol connectivity services using msconfig and then in ms config disable the AOLDial in start up..this cpu hogging piece of ****will not bother you anymore. It is basically a reconnection utility at the expense of all your cpu power
  Andrew  

I don't like it. I run a small business & use the same telephone line for the Internet, the Fax, and other services that I use throughout the day. I want to be able to turn off my internet connection so that fax calls can get through. I do not leave my computer turned on during the night & this program messes that up. After reading other's responses, I assume that this is what has slowed my computer down to a "real crawl". It is NOT a good program for my small business.
  MissAmeal  

hogs cpu % and prevents linking to web pages by point and click. Web page addresses must be entered manually to access.
  Joe Weddington  

reinstall the the old version of 9.0 the new version is going crazy
  aol fix it mofo  

takes up 700,000kb of virtual memory
  angel  

AOL connection daemon, if your CPU goes to 100% with this process, it is likely your AOL ACS directory is corrupted. To fix this problem, download the AOL one click and reinitialize the directory.
  Alfred Wong  

its the aol connectivity services, that uses also the RAS/DUN of windows that's why it eats alot of cpu usage. do look for this service in msconfig then just disable it so it wont run automatically but when you open aol it will run again for you to connect
  Dildo  

Task Manager showed that AOL was using 98% of my CPU resouces while other programs seem to be delegated to a lower priority. I recommend first removing AOL from the Start Up list in MSCONFIG, including the connectivty file itself. Aol of course then tries to reinstall itself later. So you have to turn it off again. Or another option is to uninstall the connectivty program. The main suggestion is simply to use task manager to monitor CPU useage and watch for resource hogs you are not actively using and deactivate them temporarily or permanently based on your need or lack of need for these
  BaddTeddy  

also i now know.. AOLacsd.exe is AOL's Access Daemon. Is something that constantly monitors your net connection to make sure you stay connected. If you're dropped for any reason it will reconnect you. Shouldn't be needed for using AOL for net access but you just never know.. as they say google is your friend ppl :)
  venom   (further information)

CPU usage at 100%. PC slows to a crawl. Dump it.
  AntneR  

uses all 100% CPU on 1.8ghz PC. Monitors and reconnects disconnections. A lot of CPU usage for a basic process!!!
  ScoobyDoo  

This thing slows computer and chews all cpu usage.....waste of space....AOL need to look at their products before releasing bad ones like this!!!!!!
  kraYzee  

It seems to prevent logging on to AOL, by repeating itself many times until the CPU is choked. I'd like to know how to prevent it from opening, as I don't mind logging on manually anyway if disconnected from AOL. Rather that than not get on at all!
  FTA  

It's an AOL component, so obviously is bad for your computer, but it does nothing to my CPU as previous users have said, the only thing thats wrong with it that I notice, if my computer has been on for more than 3 hours, it slows down the shut down while it has to end.
  Harry (5yr. AOL user  

The process known as aolacsd.exe is a small utility that will attempt to reconnect your computer to the internet should it be disconnected for some reason. It saves you from having to manually reconnect. / I use it with AOL dialler which connects my IE to internet through my AOL account without having to launch OR use AOL 9.0 Browser software..which is great as AOL uses 100Mb and 50CPU and is a load of bull...
  Snadge  

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