What is AOLDial.exe?

AOLDial.exe is part of AOL Connectivity Service and developed by America Online, Inc according to the AOLDial.exe version information.

AOLDial.exe's description is "AOL Connectivity Service Dialer"

AOLDial.exe is digitally signed by America Online, Inc..

AOLDial.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about AOLDial.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AOLDial.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAOL Connectivity Service
Company nameAmerica Online, Inc
File descriptionAOL Connectivity Service Dialer
Original filenameAOLDial.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003 America Online, Inc.
Product version2.0.20.1.US.1
File version2.0.20.1.US.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAOL Connectivity Service
Company nameAmerica Online, Inc
File descriptionAOL Connectivity Service Dialer
Original filenameAOLDial.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003 America Online, Inc.
Product version2.0.20.1.US.1
File version2.0.20.1.US.1

Digital signatures [?]

AOLDial.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAmerica Online, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2001 CA
Certificate serial number1497a34956b3579fe6a3bae1ae1472c4

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AOLDial.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the AOLDial.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c470f57fb6c4b4df32d694ce0fd2b387
SHA2568da0af075eac6a16acdb8a3f020b3032264f996ba64c9d9e8a4d077c9365124a

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to aoldial.exe:

aoldial.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

aoldial.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

AOL Connectivity Service Dialer has stopped working.

End Program - aoldial.exe. This program is not responding.

aoldial.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

aoldial.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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