What is aol broadband assistant.lnk doing on my computer?

aol broadband assistant.lnk is a process
Non-system processes like aol broadband assistant.lnk 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 broadband assistant 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.

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

Is aol broadband assistant.lnk harmful?

aol broadband assistant.lnk has not been assigned a security rating yet. The aol broadband assistant.lnk file should be located in the folder %commonstartup%. Otherwise it could be a Trojan.

Can I stop or remove aol broadband assistant.lnk?

Many non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. To stop aol broadband assistant.lnk permanently, simply uninstall the application that uses it.

Is aol broadband assistant.lnk 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'.

Why is aol broadband assistant.lnk giving me errors?

Most aol broadband assistant 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 website for the latest aol broadband assistant update.