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unagiuninst.exe details

If you click on View Objects in Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) 8, you may see a file named unagiuninst.exe. In the same directory, there is probably a file named install.log which is related.

You've probably come here wondering if this file is a security threat or malware. The unagiuninst.exe file is not malware.

If you look in the install log, you'll see that it mentions the installation of Unagi. Unagi is the name of an application that AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6 installs. You can verify this by looking at the date of these files and comparing them with the date of your C:\Program Files\AIM6 directory.

Unagi is installed by the unagi3.exe file which is part of the AOL 6 installation. The installer is digitally signed by AOL and should be safe. The unagiuninst.exe object seen in MSIE's objects appears to be an uninstaller.

I'm just blogging this because this information didn't seem to be available when I did a google search and had to do my own investigation. I'm hoping that this blog entry will help others once google indexes this page.