companion.exe - What is companion.exe?

What is companion.exe doing on my computer?

companion.exe is a part of the AOL Connection Suite and installs an icon on the system tray. This offers easy access to AOL's additional utilities and functions. "This program is a non-essential system process, and is installed for ease of use."
Non-system processes like companion.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data on your hard disk and in your system's registry, it is likely that your computer has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance.

In Windows Task Manager, you can see what CPU, memory, disk and network utilization is causing the AOL Connection Suite process. To access the Task Manager, hold down the Ctrl Shift Esc keys at the same time. These three buttons are located on the far left of your keyboard.

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The companion.exe is an executable file on your computer's hard drive. This file contains machine code. If you start the software AOL Connection Suite on your PC, the commands contained in companion.exe will be executed on your PC. For this purpose, the file is loaded into the main memory (RAM) and runs there as a AOL Connection Suite process (also called a task).

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Is companion.exe harmful?

This process is considered safe. It is unlikely to pose any harm to your system. The companion.exe file should be located in the folder C:Program FilesAOL Companion. Otherwise it could be a Trojan.

companion.exe is a safe process

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Can I stop or remove companion.exe?

Many non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. companion.exe is used by 'AOL Connection Suite'. This is an application created by 'AOL'.

If you no longer use AOL Connection Suite, you can permanently remove this software and thus companion.exe from your PC. To do this, press the Windows key R at the same time and then type 'appwiz.cpl'. Then find AOL Connection Suite in the list of installed programs and uninstall this application.

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Is companion.exe CPU intensive?

This process is not considered CPU intensive. However, running too many processes on your system may affect your PC’s performance. To reduce system overload, you can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility (MSConfig) or the Windows Task Manager to manually find and disable processes that launch upon start-up.

Use the Windows Resource Monitor to find out which processes and applications write/read the most on the hard drive, send the most data to the Internet, or use the most memory. To access the Resource Monitor, press the key combination Windows key R and then enter 'resmon'.

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Why is companion.exe giving me errors?

Most companion issues are caused by the application executing the process. The surest way to fix these errors is to update or uninstall this application. Therefore, please search the AOL website for the latest AOL Connection Suite update.

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