What is Macromedia Flash Player 8?

Macromedia Flash Player 8 is software application developed by Macromedia, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 50.52% of installations running this operating system. Macromedia Flash Player 8's installer is typically 34.00 MB in size and installs around 246 files. The most common release is 8 with 53.03% of all installations currently using this version.

Macromedia Flash Player 8 is most popular in the United States with 25.62% of installations residing in this country.

Macromedia Flash Player 8 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, Macromedia Flash Player 8 is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Macromedia Flash Player 8?

Adobe Flash Player was a widely-used software application that enabled the viewing of multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio on web browsers and supported mobile devices. It was designed to run SWF files created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, Adobe Flex, or other Macromedia and third-party tools. Originally developed by Macromedia, Adobe Systems later took over its development and distribution. Update: As of December 31, 2020, Adobe officially discontinued support for Flash Player and removed it from all browsers and mobile devices due to the end-of-life announcement.

Software Behaviors

Services:

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:

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:

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{02632001-94C6-4E41-9A43-B08073ECE259}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

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

Registry entries (User):

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_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_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.
FlashUtil32_13_0_0_214_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_13_0_0_214_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
FlashUtil32_13_0_0_206_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_13_0_0_206_ActiveX.exe -update activex.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.macromedia.com

Support:

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

Installation path:

C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\

Uninstaller:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\Windows\INF\swflash.inf,DefaultUninstall,5

Size:

34.00 MB

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