shellmon.exe is installed as part of America Online ISP and with the free AOL client 8.0 and upwards. It works in the background of aolware.exe or aolsoftware.exe depending on the version of the installed AOL client. 

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Users Opinions

550 users ask for this file. 1 user rated it as not dangerous. 2 users rated it as neutral. 4 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 1 user rated it as dangerous. 5 users didn't rate it ("don't know").

All comments about shellmon.exe: shellmon.exe is an application from AOL which belongs to the Eolithic Task. It is installed with AOL version 8 and later. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.   part of AOL   DC the MCSE If infected can create havok by opening webpages on its own.   Casey McCune emerges or pops up in rectangle about once every 12 startups with HP product   Nannette It always opens on my computer and I can't get rid of it.   Sara Villaro All I know is when I turned my computer off the other night, there was absolutely no sign of any program running, but before windows would shut down it said "ending program shellmon" then after it ended that, my computer shut down as I wanted it to. So I don't know if that's a bad thing or not? Can anyone tell me?   Young Ma program\americ~2.0\shellmon.exe   when my computer is slow loading sites, it is the culprit   hollykay When I go to shut down, it says ending shellmon.exe?   shellmon.exe Can be shutoff if you first turnoff the aolware.exe process, then shutoff shellmon.exe process. Otherwise shellmon will keep returning to the process list immediately even if you try to shut off the entire process tree.   ca Collister not much except it is denied when you call aol   John If you know more about shellmon.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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