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Relationships

Parent process
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flashutil_activex.exe

Adobe Flash Player Utility by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove flashutil_activex.exe
Version:   11,6,602,167
MD5:   62e5d548054d78518fb9d9c088eda299
SHA1:   9fd0896ee3f0632be60a279ff5cf4cf6ea12282b
SHA256:   31ddc4eaafa1ca39462309ba4a2400d5bb71e9838bbb5c0792fcdbcc3e1239e4

What is flashutil_activex.exe?

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 supported mobile devices. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools.

About flashutil_activex.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)

Adobe Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content. Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attract

DetailsDetails

File name:flashutil_activex.exe
Publisher:Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product name:Adobe® Flash® Player Utility
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\flashutil_activex.exe
Original name:FlashUtil.exe
File version:11,6,602,167
Size:684.34 KB (700,768 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Adobe Systems Incorporated
5% remove
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 ...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools. Flash Player is freely available as a plugin for recent versions of web browsers (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, a...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools. Flash Player is freely available as a plugin for recent versions of web browsers (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, ...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Flash Player 9 ActiveX is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools. Flash Player is freely available as a plugin for recent versions of web browsers (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, a...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Cross-platform plugin plays animations, videos and sound files in .SWF format. Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe® Flash® Player 13 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. This beta release provides access to the Flash Player 13 runtime for Mac OS and Windows desktop environments.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast. The Adobe Flash Player is software for viewing multimedia, Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, on a computer web browser or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player is freely available as a plugin for recent versions of web brows...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Cross-platform plugin plays animations, videos and sound files in .SWF format.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content. Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.31383649%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.12634976%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.18748673%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:47 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:24/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.81 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.71 MB
Private (minimum):5.71 MB
Non-paged memory:1.81 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:83.94 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):83.94 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.74 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.74 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:143
600
GUI GDI count:10
103
GUI GDI peak:10
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:4
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\flashutil_activex.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.24283575%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.12141787%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.12141787%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:6,389,186/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:12/sec
79/sec
Memory:692 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.07246191%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.07246191%
CPU cycles:33,722/sec
Memory:1.4 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 35.82%
Windows 8 Pro 34.33%
Windows 8.1 10.45%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 10.45%
Windows 8 Single Language 4.48%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.49%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.49%
Windows 8 Release Preview 1.49%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 53.85% of Adobe® Flash® Player Utility.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 24.24%
Hewlett-Packard 16.67%
Toshiba 15.15%
Acer 13.64%
Dell 12.12%
Sony 9.09%
Intel 3.03%
Lenovo 3.03%
Samsung 1.52%
GIGABYTE 1.52%
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