Should I remove Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #25
United States Rank #36
Reach 12.4192%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 24.15 days
712.48 days >
Average installed length: 374.35 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 11.9.900.96 |
0.04% |
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| 11.9.900.93 |
0.02% |
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| 11.9.900.85 |
0.02% |
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| 11.9.900.170 |
13.39% |
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| 11.9.900.152 |
3.89% |
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| 11.9.900.149 |
0.10% |
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| 11.9.900.118 |
0.11% |
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| 11.9.900.117 |
14.73% |
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| 11.9.900.113 |
0.03% |
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0.03% |
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0.04% |
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13.89% |
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| 11.8.800.88 |
0.08% |
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0.03% |
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0.03% |
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0.05% |
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0.05% |
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0.04% |
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| 11.8.800.168 |
7.41% |
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0.04% |
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0.04% |
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| 11.8.800.146 |
0.06% |
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0.11% |
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0.03% |
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0.03% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.00% |
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0.01% |
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0.01% |
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11.89% |
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5.20% |
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0.02% |
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0.02% |
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0.02% |
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0.01% |
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0.02% |
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2.83% |
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0.03% |
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0.01% |
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0.02% |
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0.01% |
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0.03% |
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| 11.6.602.180 |
9.11% |
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| 11.6.602.175 |
0.04% |
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| 11.6.602.171 |
4.75% |
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| 110 versions |
Typically installed together
Other programs by Adobe Systems
Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
What is Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin?
The Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for viewing multimedia, executing Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Adobe Flash Player 11 is available in three flavors: "ActiveX", "Plug-in" and "Projector". The "ActiveX" version is an ActiveX control for use in Internet Explorer and any other Windows applications that supports ActiveX technology. The "plug-in" version is available for Netscape-compatible browsers on Microsoft Windows. Flash Player 11 includes native support for importing and exporting data in the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format, which allows interoperability with web services and JavaScript programs. Flash Player 11 can also encode a PNG bitmap via ActionScript. FlasCC also uses the GPU-based 3D rendering acceleration present in Flash Player 11 (known as "Stage3D"), and when used in combination with Domain Memory, form the Premium Features for Flash Player (also known as "XC APIs").
About (from Adobe Systems)
Adobe Flash Player 11 drives innovation for rich, engaging digital experiences with new features for cross-platform browser-based viewing of expressive rich internet applications, content, and videos across devices.
Overview
- Starts automatically
- Integrates into the web browser
- Connects to the Internet
- Adds a Windows Service
Program details
URL: www.adobe.com
Help link: www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_support
Installation folder: C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash
Uninstaller: C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_5_502_124_Plugin.exe -maintain plugin
Estimated size: 34.59 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
| Program executable: | flashutil32_11_5_502_146_plugin.exe |
| Name: | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller |
| Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.5 r502 |
| Path: | C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\flashutil32_11_5_502_146_plugin.exe |
| MD5: | 73f58c709d89ec24707b4f42d1f09a4e |
Additional files:
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FlashUtil32_11_2_202_228_Plugin.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.2 r202)
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FlashUtil32_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_2_202_235_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.3 r300
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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_262_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_265_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_4_402_265_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.4 r402
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FlashUtil32_11_4_402_265_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_4_402_278_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_4_402_278_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_4_402_287_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_5_502_110_Plugin.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.5 r502
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FlashUtil32_11_5_502_135_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_5_502_135_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_5_502_149_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_5_502_149_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_6_602_168_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.6 r602
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FlashUtil32_11_6_602_168_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_6_602_171_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_6_602_171_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_6_602_180_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_7_700_165_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.7 r700
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FlashUtil32_11_7_700_169_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_7_700_202_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_7_700_202_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_7_700_224_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_8_800_168_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.8 r800
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FlashUtil32_11_8_800_168_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_8_800_174_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_8_800_175_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_8_800_94_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_8_800_94_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_9_900_117_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.9 r900
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FlashUtil32_11_9_900_149_Plugin.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.9 d900
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FlashUtil32_11_9_900_152_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_9_900_152_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_11_9_900_170_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil32_12_0_0_38_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 12.0 r0
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FlashUtil32_12_0_0_44_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_12_0_0_70_ActiveX.exe
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FlashUtil32_13_0_0_214_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 13.0 r0
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FlashUtil32_14_0_0_145_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 14.0 r0
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FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Update Service (Adobe® Flash® Player Update Service 11.9 r900)
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FlashUtil10l_ActiveX.exe - Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 10.1 r102)
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FlashUtil11a_Plugin.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.0 d1
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FlashUtil11c_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.0 r1
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FlashUtil11c_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil11e_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.1 r102
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FlashUtil11e_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil11f_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil11g_Plugin.exe
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FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Utility
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uninstall_activeX.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player ActiveX (Adobe® Flash® Player ActiveX Installer)
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uninstall_plugin.exe - Adobe® Flash® Player Plugin (Adobe® Flash® Player Plugin Installer)
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FlashUtil_ActiveX.dll - Flash Player Helper (Adobe Flash Player Helper 11.3 r372)
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FlashUtil10a.exe - Adobe Flash Player Helper 10.0 r12
Behaviors exhibited
21 Google Chrome Plugins
- NPSWF32_11_9_900_170.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32_11_9_900_170.dll'.
- NPSWF32_11_9_900_152.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32_11_9_900_152.dll'.
- NPSWF32_11_9_900_149.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32_11_9_900_149.dll'.
- NPSWF32_11_8_800_168.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32_11_8_800_168.dll'.
- NPSWF32.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32.dll'.
- NPSWF32_11_7_700_202.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32_11_7_700_202.dll'.
Plus 15 more
6 Mozilla Plugins
- NPSWF32.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Plugino' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer' for all users of the PC.
- NPSWF32_11_9_900_152.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'AdobeR FlashR Player 11.9.900.152 Plugin' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer' for all users of the PC.
- NPSWF32_11_8_800_168.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Plugin' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer' for all users of the PC.
- NPSWF32_11_4_402_287.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'AdobeR FlashR Player 11.4.402.287 Plugin' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer' for all users of the PC.
- NPSWF32_11_5_502_135.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'AdobeR FlashR Player 11.5.502.135 Plugin' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer' for all users of the PC.
- NPSWF32_11_3_300_265.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Plugin'.
2 Scheduled Tasks
- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Flash Player Updater' (runs daily at 10:00 PM).
- FlashUtil32_11_9_900_117_ActiveX.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F0CB7E66-C557-40E2-9413-E47A76FF32E3}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Flash Player Updater.
Service
- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe runs as a service named 'AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc' (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) "Adobe Flash Player Update Service".
58 Startup Files (User Run Once)
- 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_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_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_12_0_0_44_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_44_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
- FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_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_3_300_257_Plugin.exe -update plugin.
- FlashUtil32_12_0_0_38_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_38_ActiveX.exe -update activex.
Plus 52 more
Network connections
- FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe connects to a65-32-34-57.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (65.32.34.57 port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| FlashUtil32_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.exe |
| Memory: | 3.18 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0295368957% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00730482% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02223207% | |
| FlashUtil32_11_4_402_265_ActiveX.exe |
| Memory: | 2.42 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0438570654% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02929838% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01455869% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 259,322 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 523 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 196 Bytes | |
| FlashUtil32_11_4_402_278_ActiveX.exe |
| Memory: | 2.44 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0192339325% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01146159% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00777235% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 1,350 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 170 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
How do I remove Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin?
You can uninstall Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin 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 Player 11 Plugin, 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 Player 11 Plugin.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin 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 5%
Keep it 95%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #25
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
67.41% |
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| Windows 10 |
14.14% |
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| Windows XP |
11.59% |
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| Windows Vista |
6.81% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.06% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
32.78% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.44% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
11.48% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.07% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
5.19% |
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| Windows 8 |
3.44% |
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Geography
43.04% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
43.04% |
| Germany |
7.95% |
| United Kingdom |
3.36% |
| Brazil |
2.93% |
| Italy |
2.55% |
| Canada |
2.55% |
| France |
2.50% |
| Iran |
2.14% |
| Spain |
1.54% |
| India |
1.41% |
| Australia |
1.39% |
| MA |
1.33% |
| Japan |
1.21% |
| Netherlands |
1.20% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.83% |
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| Dell |
23.83% |
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| Acer |
16.95% |
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| ASUS |
8.66% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.94% |
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| Toshiba |
5.97% |
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| Samsung |
3.88% |
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| Intel |
2.58% |
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| Lenovo |
2.55% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.76% |
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| Sahara |
1.06% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
7.45% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.64% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.19% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
3.44% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.49% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.45% |
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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