Adobe Flash
What is Adobe Flash?
Cross-platform plugin plays animations, videos and sound files in .SWF format. Flash is frequently used to add streamed video or audio players, advertisement and interactive multimedia content to web pages. Flash manipulates vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It allows bidirectional streaming of audio and video, and it can capture user input via mouse, keyboard, microphone and camera.
Overview
The most used version is 10.3.183.10, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe. The software installer includes 10 files and is usually about 6.64 MB (6,958,920 bytes). The Adobe Flash Player Update Service (FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe) included with the Flash Player is set to run once per day if Flash Player has been configured during installation to install updates automatically when available.
Program details
URL: www.adobe.com
Help link: www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_support
Installation folder: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{E24A0015-C73F-4B57-B8DF-5EB84D2E9685}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 6.64 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Adobe Flash
| Program executable: | FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe |
| Name: | Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller |
| Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 10.3 r183 |
| Path: | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe |
| MD5: | 06a333e9a76cfa19848b452c5b011140 |
| Adobe Flash Player installer and uninstaller process that runs in the background. The Adobe Flash Player is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser or on... |
Additional files:
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FlashUtil32_11_6_602_180_Plugin.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.6 r602)
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FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Update Service (Adobe® Flash® Player Update Service 11.6 r602)
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FlashUtil10l_ActiveX.exe - Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 10.1 r102)
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FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 10.3 r183
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FlashUtil10l_ActiveX.dll - Flash Player Helper (Adobe Flash Player Helper 10.1 r102)
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FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.dll - Adobe Flash Player Helper 10.3 r183
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Flash10l.ocx - Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash Player 10.1 r102)
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Flash10x.ocx - Adobe Flash Player 10.3 r183
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FlashPlayerPlugin_11_6_602_180.exe - Adobe Flash Player 11.6 r602
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NPSWF32_11_6_602_180.dll - Shockwave Flash 11.6 r602
Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- NPSWF32_11_6_602_180.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32_11_6_602_180.dll'.
Scheduled Task
- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 7:55 PM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Adobe Flash Player Updater.job.
Service
- 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.".
3 Startup Files (User Run Once)
- FlashUtil10x_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\FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
- FlashUtil10l_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\FlashUtil10l_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
- FlashUtil32_11_6_602_180_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_11_6_602_180_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
Network connections
- FlashPlayerPlugin_11_6_602_180.exe connects to a184-51-159-62.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (184.51.159.62 port 80).
- FlashPlayerPlugin_11_6_602_180.exe connects to a184-51-159-62.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (184.51.159.62 port 1935).
- FlashPlayerPlugin_11_6_602_180.exe connects to 209.212.144.85 (port 1936).
Resource utilization averages
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| FlashUtil10x_ActiveX.exe |
| Memory: | 1.91 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0021052754% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00206739% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003788% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 166,220 | |
| Switches/sec: | 2 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 98 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
| FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.06203367% | |
| FlashUtil10l_ActiveX.exe |
| Memory: | 1.7 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.1839538658% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.14101817% | |
| User CPU: | 0.04293570% | |
| I/O reads/min: | 19.17 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 103.23 KB | |
How do I remove Adobe Flash?
You can uninstall Adobe Flash from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Adobe Flash, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Adobe Flash.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Adobe Flash you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
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Geography
87.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
87.50% |
| Germany |
12.50% |
About Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is computer program company focused on the creation of multimedia & creativity program products, with a more-recent foray towards rich Net application program development.
Publisher URL: www.adobe.com