What is Macromedia Flash Player 8 Plugin?

Macromedia Flash Player 8 Plugin is software application developed by Macromedia, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 58.36% of installations running this operating system. Macromedia Flash Player 8 Plugin's installer is typically 35.00 MB in size and installs around 180 files. The most common release is 8.0.22.0 with 97.89% of all installations currently using this version.

Macromedia Flash Player 8 Plugin is most popular in the United States with 31.12% of installations residing in this country.

Macromedia Flash Player 8 Plugin adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Macromedia Flash Player 8 Plugin?

Flash Player is a versatile software tool designed for seamless multimedia viewing, running rich Internet applications, and streaming video and audio content. It is specifically tailored for content created on the Flash platform. This versatile software can be integrated into a variety of major web browsers, functioning as a browser plug-in for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and others.

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.".

Scheduled tasks:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 22:26).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

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

Registry entries (User):

FlashUtil32_12_0_0_77_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_12_0_0_77_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_12_0_0_70_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_12_0_0_70_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_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_11_9_900_170_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
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.
FlashUtil32_11_9_900_117_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_11_9_900_117_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
FlashUtil10d.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'FlashPlayerUpdate' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10d.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.macromedia.com

Support:

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

Installation path:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{91057632-CA70-413C-B628-2D3CDBBB906B}

Size:

35.00 MB

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