What is Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX?

Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 78.07% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX's installer is typically 16.00 MB in size and installs around 621 files. The most common release is 11.9.900.117 with 21.93% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX is most popular in the United States with 38.34% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX?

Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX is a software application designed for 64-bit versions of Windows which enables the viewing of multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio content within a web browser. It has the capability to run SWF files that are created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, Adobe Flex, or other Macromedia and third-party tools. The plugin is available for recent versions of web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Safari on selected platforms. Additionally, Google Chrome has integrated the player into its distribution. It is important to note that each version of the plugin is designed to be backwards-compatible.

Software Behaviors

Services:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe runs as a service named 'Adobe Flash Player Update Service' (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) "This service keeps your Adobe Flash Player installation up to date with the latest enhancements and security fixes.".

Firewall:

FlashPlayerPlugin_11_8_800_94.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_11_8_800_94.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 20:56).
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_117_ActiveX.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F0CB7E66-C557-40E2-9413-E47A76FF32E3}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Flash Player Updater.

Registry entries (User):

FlashUtil32_11_5_502_131_ActiveX.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_5_502_131_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_16_0_0_287_Plugin.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_16_0_0_287_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe -p.
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_ActiveX.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_Plugin.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_152_ActiveX.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_9_900_152_ActiveX.exe -update activex.