Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
What is Adobe Flash Player ActiveX?
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 43.88% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Flash Player ActiveX's installer is typically 19.00 MB in size and installs around 257 files. The most common release is 9.0.124.0 with 63.67% of all installations currently using this version.
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX is most popular in the United States with 39.81% of installations residing in this country.
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX adds 1 scheduled task 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 ActiveX is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
About Adobe Flash Player ActiveX?
The Adobe Flash Player ActiveX is a multimedia software tool designed for viewing Rich Internet Applications, streaming video, and audio content within a computer web browser. It is capable of running SWF files created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, Adobe Flex, or other Macromedia and third-party software tools. The plugin is freely available for recent versions of web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Safari on selected platforms. Google Chrome has integrated the player into its distribution. Each version of the plugin is designed to be backwards-compatible.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- 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.".
- Firewall:
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- FlashUtil32_12_0_0_44_Plugin.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\WINXP\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_12_0_0_44_Plugin.exe'.
- 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:
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- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{02632001-94C6-4E41-9A43-B08073ECE259}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Flash Player Updater.
- Registry entries (User):
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- NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe -p.
- FlashUtil9c.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil9c.exe.
- FlashUtil32_14_0_0_179_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_14_0_0_179_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
- GetFlash.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\GetFlash.exe.
- FlashUtil32_14_0_0_145_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_14_0_0_145_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
- FlashUtil32_14_0_0_125_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_14_0_0_125_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
- Support:
- https://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_support
- Installation path:
- C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash
- Uninstaller:
- C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\uninstall_activeX.exe
- Size:
- 19.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- Flash.ocx
- Name:
- Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
- Path:
- C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\Flash.ocx
- MD5:
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- SHA-1:
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- SHA-256:
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File Type | Filename | MD5 |
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EXE
|
02bfb88910077b93735301cfd938fb1a | |
DLL
|
3288f33be7634c85c251b01d2bab9ea8 | |
DLL
|
62d40bc20730565df4b29811c67d7090 | |
DLL
|
9e8de103f9115db75fb49acee65d88c1 | |
EXE
|
135340262d8a91175d7825ecc39943fd | |
DLL
|
638c497d9448acada2fb3233e07d28ed | |
EXE
|
b1ef21b83dd235ea5b9b7a539b448074 | |
EXE
|
8ee2de1c929f151644e0fa36b0190932 | |
EXE
|
22eb8924c7396c4e0f16b29fa9e2ea67 | |
EXE
|
d84270d9438850251b94a1ec98d4cb2d |