What is Adobe Flash Player 18 ActiveX & Plugins?

Adobe Flash Player 18 ActiveX & Plugins is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 68.75% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 18 ActiveX & Plugins's installer is typically 73.00 MB in size and installs around 62 files. The most common release is 18.0.0.209 with 47.92% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 18 ActiveX & Plugins is most popular in the United States with 46.37% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 18 ActiveX & Plugins adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

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.".
FlashPlayerFeedbackService.exe runs as a service named 'Adobe Flash Player Feedback Service' (AdobeFlashPlayerFeedbackSvc) "Flash Player Feedback Service sends anonymous usage data to Adobe to help improve Flash Player.".

Scheduled tasks:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 9:58 AM).
FlashUtil32_29_0_0_140_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 9:26).
FlashUtil32_27_0_0_187_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 00:01).
FlashUtil32_26_0_0_137_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 02:09).
FlashUtil32_23_0_0_205_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 4:04 PM).
FlashUtil32_20_0_0_306_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 8:25 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

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

Registry entries (User):

FlashUtil32_29_0_0_140_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_29_0_0_140_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
FlashUtil32_27_0_0_187_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_27_0_0_187_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
FlashUtil32_23_0_0_205_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_23_0_0_205_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
FlashUtil32_22_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\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_22_0_0_209_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_23_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_23_0_0_185_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_21_0_0_213_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_21_0_0_213_Plugin.exe -update plugin.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.adobe.com

Support:

https://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_support

Installation path:

C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash

Uninstaller:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Uninstall.exe -maintain

Size:

73.00 MB

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