Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX

Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX

by Adobe Systems Incorporated

What is Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX?

Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 86.30% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX's installer is typically 53.00 MB in size and installs around 404 files. The most common release is 16.0.0.305 with 56.87% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX is most popular in the United States with 49.58% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX adds 6 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 16 ActiveX is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

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.".
Firewall:
  • FlashPlayerPlugin_12_0_0_77.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_12_0_0_77.exe'.
  • 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 22:19).
  • FlashUtil32_17_0_0_134_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 5:09 PM).
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_305_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 6:07 PM).
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_296_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 2:35 AM).
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_287_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 5:02 PM).
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_257_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 01:51).

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_ActiveX.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_19_0_0_245_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_19_0_0_245_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
  • FlashUtil32_16_0_0_257_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_257_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
  • FlashUtil32_19_0_0_185_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_19_0_0_185_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
  • FlashUtil32_18_0_0_232_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_18_0_0_232_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
  • FlashUtil32_18_0_0_209_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_18_0_0_209_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
  • FlashUtil32_18_0_0_194_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_18_0_0_194_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_16_0_0_233_ActiveX.exe -maintain activex
Size:
53.00 MB
Language:
English

Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX Executable Details

Name:
Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX
Path:
C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\FlashUtil32_16_0_0_233_ActiveX.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Adobe Flash Player 16 ActiveX
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
c3f1a7ea2c2815a7f4287b8fd599caf1
EXE
d0a34ff0f9c245c47ff96c603d8891f5
EXE
00b56f42150d63c7bd950b30ceb83e9c
DLL
3ab480842004c9e9a83235020d0e4840