What is Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin?

Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 72.41% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin's installer is typically 34.00 MB in size and installs around 668 files. The most common release is 11.9.900.117 with 18.39% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin is most popular in the United States with 32.9% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin 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 Plugin is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin?

The Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin is a software application designed for 64-bit versions of Windows. It allows users to view multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio content within their web browser. The plugin is compatible with popular web browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Safari, and is integrated into the distribution of Google Chrome. It is capable of running SWF files created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, Adobe Flex, as well as other Macromedia and third-party tools. The Flash Player plugin is available free of charge and is backwards-compatible with previous versions.

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:

FlashUtil32_11_9_900_117_ActiveX.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F0CB7E66-C557-40E2-9413-E47A76FF32E3}' (runs on registration).
FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DE783B9E-427E-4838-BFC3-F2C8F4D14E14}' (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_9_900_117_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_117_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_117_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_117_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_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_3_300_268_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_11_8_800_175_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_8_800_175_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_11_8_800_168_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_8_800_168_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_11_8_800_94_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_8_800_94_ActiveX.exe -update activex.