What is Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX?

Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 86.20% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX's installer is typically 27.00 MB in size and installs around 376 files. The most common release is 23.0.0.162 with 36.47% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX is most popular in the United States with 75.97% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Flash Player 23 ActiveX 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_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 3:27).
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_148_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 8:27 PM).
FlashUtil32_24_0_0_186_pepper.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 3:21).
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_171_Plugin.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier' (runs daily at 21:28).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Flash Player Updater.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_127_pepper.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier.

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_186_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_186_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
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_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_24_0_0_186_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_127_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_127_pepper.exe -update pepperplugin.
FlashUtil32_25_0_0_127_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_25_0_0_127_ActiveX.exe -update activex.

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\FlashUtil32_23_0_0_134_ActiveX.exe -maintain activex

Size:

27.00 MB

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