Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

14,0,0,125	2.99%
13,0,0,214	1.49%
13,0,0,214	2.99%
12,0,0,70	1.49%
11,9,900,170	4.48%
11,9,900,170	1.49%
11,9,900,152	2.99%
11,9,900,117	8.96%
11,9,900,117	2.99%
11,8,800,168	1.49%
11,8,800,94	1.49%
11,7,700,224	17.91%
11,7,700,169	1.49%
11,7,700,169	1.49%
11,6,602,180	7.46%
11,6,602,171	4.48%
11,6,602,167	1.49%
11,6,602,167	1.49%
11,3,379,14	5.97%
11,3,378,5	1.49%
11,3,377,15	8.96%
11,3,377,15	1.49%
11,3,376,12	1.49%
11,3,376,12	5.97%
11,3,372,94	1.49%
11,3,372,94	4.48%

Relationships

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegSetValueExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegCloseKey, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, ControlService, CloseServiceHandle, FreeSid, CheckTokenMembership, AllocateAndInitializeSid, CryptHashData, CryptGetHashParam, CryptReleaseContext

gdi32.dll

SetTextColor, SetBkMode, GetTextExtentExPointW, CreateFontA, CreateDIBSection, StretchBlt, SelectObject, DeleteObject, DeleteDC, CreateSolidBrush, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, BitBlt

kernel32.dll

CreateWaitableTimerW, CreateDirectoryW, DeleteFileW, GetFileSize, GetTempFileNameW, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, WriteFile, GetTempPathW, FreeResource, LoadResource, LockResource, SizeofResource, FindResourceW, GetProcAddress, CreateProcessW, GetSystemTime, GetSystemDirectoryW, OutputDebugStringW, LoadLibraryA, FindResourceA, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, GlobalAddAtomW, GetThreadLocale, SetStdHandle, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, FlushFileBuffers, HeapSize, GetStringTypeW, ExitThread, HeapReAlloc, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCPInfo, GetOEMCP, GetACP, IsValidCodePage, Sleep, WideCharToMultiByte, LoadLibraryExW, RtlUnwind, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, TerminateProcess, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetTickCount64, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleFileNameA, GetStartupInfoW, InitOnceExecuteOnce, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, GetFileType, GetProcessHeap, MultiByteToWideChar, GetModuleHandleExW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetCurrentThreadId, WriteConsoleW, CreateThread, QueueUserAPC, SetWaitableTimer, ReleaseMutex, SetThreadLocale, MoveFileExW, SetDllDirectoryW, LoadLibraryW, LocalFree, LocalAlloc, GetModuleHandleW, GetModuleFileNameW, FreeLibrary, GetVersionExA, GetExitCodeProcess, ExitProcess, GetCurrentProcess, CreateMutexW, WaitForSingleObject, GetLastError, CloseHandle, RemoveDirectoryW, CreateFileW, GetEnvironmentVariableW, GetCommandLineW, SetFilePointerEx, LCMapStringEx, FlsFree, FlsSetValue, FlsGetValue, FlsAlloc, SetLastError, GetStdHandle, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, IsDebuggerPresent, HeapFree, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetCommandLineA, HeapAlloc, RaiseException, SetEndOfFile, CopyFileW, SetFileAttributesW, AreFileApisANSI, ReadConsoleW

ole32.dll

StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid

oleacc.dll

LresultFromObject

shell32.dll

SHGetFolderPathW, ShellExecuteExW, ShellExecuteW

user32.dll

BeginPaint, DrawTextW, SetRect, ClientToScreen, LoadCursorW, GetWindow, GetParent, SetWindowLongW, GetWindowLongW, FillRect, MapWindowPoints, SetCursor, GetWindowRect, GetClientRect, SetWindowTextW, GetPropW, SetPropW, LoadStringW, EndPaint, InvalidateRect, ReleaseDC, GetDC, SetForegroundWindow, SetTimer, ReleaseCapture, SetCapture, GetKeyState, MoveWindow, ShowWindow, DestroyWindow, CreateWindowExW, RegisterClassExW, CallWindowProcW, PostQuitMessage, DefWindowProcW, PostMessageW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, GetMessageW, SetWindowPos, GetForegroundWindow

Export table

BZ2_bzBuffToBuffCompress

BZ2_bzBuffToBuffDecompress

BZ2_bzclose

BZ2_bzCompress

BZ2_bzCompressEnd

BZ2_bzCompressInit

BZ2_bzDecompress

BZ2_bzDecompressEnd

BZ2_bzDecompressInit

BZ2_bzdopen

BZ2_bzerror

BZ2_bzflush

BZ2_bzlibVersion

BZ2_bzopen

BZ2_bzRead

BZ2_bzReadClose

BZ2_bzReadGetUnused

BZ2_bzReadOpen

BZ2_bzWrite

BZ2_bzWriteClose

BZ2_bzWriteClose64

BZ2_bzWriteOpen

flashutil_activex.exe

Adobe Flash Player Utility by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove flashutil_activex.exe

Version:	12,0,0,70
MD5:	964d28ef7ac50e929732678814ee40e8
SHA1:	56a7b3a2c130546e1a413f0b24c9899c57d133de

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”

Details

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:	12,0,0,70
Size:	517.47 KB (529,888 bytes)
Build date:	2/17/2014 6:55 AM
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

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00460413%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00368330%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00092083%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	125 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	17,121/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	2.85 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.91 MB
Private (minimum):	7.6 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.85 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	106.04 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	108.05 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	7.73 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.92 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	2,168/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	92 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	14 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	32 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	6/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	3	12
Handles:	153	600
GUI GDI count:	10	103
GUI GDI peak:	10	142
GUI USER count:	4	49
GUI USER peak:	5	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\flashutil_activex.exe" -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (by Microsoft)

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
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 country

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

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
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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