Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin

Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin

by Adobe Systems Incorporated

What is Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin?

Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.77% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin's installer is typically 48.00 MB in size and installs around 546 files. The most common release is 15.0.0.152 with 52.94% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin is most popular in the United States with 46.25% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe runs as a service named 'AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc' (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) "Mit diesem Dienst ist Ihre Flash Player-Installation immer aktuell und verwendet die neuesten Verbesserungen und Sicherheits-Fixes.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 9:35 PM).
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_235_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 8:22 PM).
  • FlashPlayerPlugin_15_0_0_189.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C336E9D7-51DB-44ED-BE56-CDC36CA09363}' (runs on registration).
  • 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:
  • FlashUtil32_15_0_0_223_Plugin.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'FlashUtil32_15_0_0_223_ActiveX.exe' and executes as C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_15_0_0_223_ActiveX.exe.
Registry entries (User):
  • FlashUtil32_17_0_0_169_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_17_0_0_169_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_305_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_16_0_0_305_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_235_pepper.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_16_0_0_235_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_296_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_16_0_0_296_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_235_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_16_0_0_235_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
  • FlashUtil32_15_0_0_239_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_15_0_0_239_Plugin.exe -update plugin.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.adobe.com
Support:
https://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_support
Installation path:
C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash
Uninstaller:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_15_0_0_108_Plugin.exe -maintain plugin
Size:
48.00 MB
Language:
English

Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin Executable Details

Primary executable:
FlashUtil32_15_0_0_108_Plugin.exe
Name:
Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin
Path:
C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\FlashUtil32_15_0_0_108_Plugin.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
6921c0c6cb5311aee8cd43b856b76a09
DLL
c747633edba07d273f9f50f5d8a85897
EXE
838e30bd0e6b35c6694fd6a9ed8e7875
DLL
53148cc9a3a7c40968fcde0224586738
EXE
07adb4f561c7a63d0be5830465244817
EXE
448873ac8d82e9015406127744d08012