What is Adobe Flash Player 21 PPAPI?

Adobe Flash Player 21 PPAPI is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 55.09% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 21 PPAPI's installer is typically 50.00 MB in size and installs around 401 files. The most common release is 21.0.0.242 with 39.33% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 21 PPAPI is most popular in the United States with 29.22% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 21 PPAPI 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 'AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc' (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) "Mit diesem Dienst ist Ihre Flash Player-Installation immer aktuell und verwendet die neuesten Verbesserungen und Sicherheits-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 with the class '{F5632778-4755-4C82-B7E5-49208941C476}' (runs on registration).
FlashUtil32_24_0_0_221_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FB908783-EC25-412A-9747-4643BB74198A}' (runs on registration).
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_127_ActiveX.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 3:27).
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_171_ActiveX.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 21:28).
FlashPlayerPlugin_23_0_0_162.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 1.27).
FlashUtil32_21_0_0_213_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 0:05).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

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

Registry entries (User):

FlashUtil32_24_0_0_221_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_24_0_0_221_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_24_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_24_0_0_194_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_24_0_0_186_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_24_0_0_186_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_127_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_25_0_0_127_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_23_0_0_207_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_207_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_171_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_25_0_0_171_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_21_0_0_146_pepper.exe -maintain pepperplugin

Size:

50.00 MB

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