  We investigate the interplanetary conditions during 135 less strict
high-intensity, long-duration, continuous AE activity (HILDCAA*) events between
the years 1998-2007. The HILDCAA* events were chosen by following the three
"traditional" criteria which describe the high-intensity, long-duration,
continuous AE activity (HILDCAA). However, we include a small modification in
the criteria that considers: "the AE values do not drop below 200 nT for more
than 2 h at a time". This criteria is modified by changing 2 to 4 hours period
in which the AE values should not drop below 200 nT. Once the events are
selected, we perform a statistical analysis of the interplanetary parameters
during their occurrences. The distribution of HILDCAA* events along the solar
cycle shows a pattern of double peak, with a peak around the maximum of the
sunspot cycle, and an other in the descending phase. This kind of distribution
is similar to the distribution of low-latitude coronal holes. For each of the
HILDCAA* events, we have found its related Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
and plasma parameter signatures. The average values of AE, AU, AL, and Dst
indices, the density and temperature of the solar wind protons, the solar wind
speed, the Bz component of the IMF, the IMF intensity, dynamic pressure, and
plasma beta, among all the 135 HILDCAA* events, found here are: AE (348.1 $\pm$
67.1 nT), AU (123.9 $\pm$ 34.2 nT), AL (-224.2 $\pm$ 47.3 nT), Dst (-22.1 $\pm$
9.1 nT), Density (4.3 $\pm$ 1.3 cm-3), Temperature (170976.3 $\pm$ 58049.9 K),
Flow speed (547.1 $\pm$ 83.9 km/s), Bz (-0.70 $\pm$ 0.88 nT), IMF magnitude
average (6.6 $\pm$ 1.2 nT), pressure (2.4 $\pm$ 0.6 nPa), and plasma Beta (0.66
$\pm$ 0.27).
