What is Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX & Plugins 64-bit?

Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX & Plugins 64-bit is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 60.42% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX & Plugins 64-bit's installer is typically 85.00 MB in size and installs around 50 files. The most common release is 23.0.0.185 with 54.17% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX & Plugins 64-bit is most popular in the United States with 80.00% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX & Plugins 64-bit 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) "This service keeps your Adobe Flash Player installation up to date with the latest enhancements and security fixes.".

Scheduled tasks:

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_148_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 8:27 PM).
FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 10:02 p.m.).
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_148_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 21:58).
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_171_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 3:26).
FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 5:51 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_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_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_24_0_0_221_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_24_0_0_221_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_148_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_25_0_0_148_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_148_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_25_0_0_148_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_pepper.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_26_0_0_131_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.

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\Uninstall.exe -maintain

Size:

85.00 MB

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