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11,4,402,265 9.30%
11,3,300,271 25.58%
11,3,300,268 4.65%
11,3,300,265 11.63%
11,3,300,257 4.65%
11,2,202,235 4.65%
11,2,202,229 11.63%
11,2,202,221 2.33%
11,1,102,63 4.65%
11,1,102,55 6.98%
11,0,1,152 6.98%
10,3,181,36 2.33%
10,2,154,28 2.33%
10,1,85,3 2.33%

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PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptGenRandom, CryptReleaseContext, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyA, RegOpenKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCloseKey
comdlg32.dll
GetSaveFileNameW, GetOpenFileNameW, CommDlgExtendedError, PrintDlgW
crypt32.dll
CertNameToStrW, CryptDecodeObjectEx, CertFindRDNAttr, CertRDNValueToStrW, CryptFindOIDInfo, CertCompareCertificateName, CertAddCertificateContextToStore, CertEnumCertificatesInStore, CertCompareCertificate, CertVerifyTimeValidity, CertVerifyRevocation, CertOpenStore, CertAddStoreToCollection, CryptVerifyMessageSignature, CryptGetMessageCertificates, CertCreateCertificateContext, CertVerifySubjectCertificateContext, CertFindCertificateInStore, CertFreeCertificateContext, CertCloseStore
gdi32.dll
SetWorldTransform, GetTextCharacterExtra, GetTextExtentPoint32A, DPtoLP, EnumFontFamiliesA, GetCurrentObject, GetTextExtentPoint32W, CreatePen, SetTextCharacterExtra, GetBkColor, SelectClipRgn, GetTextColor, GetBkMode, GetTextAlign, SetBkMode, SetTextAlign, CreatePalette, GetClipRgn, IntersectClipRect, CreateFontIndirectA, SetTextColor, LineTo, PolyBezierTo, SelectClipPath, RestoreDC, CreateCompatibleDC, DeleteDC, GdiFlush, GetObjectW, CreateDIBSection, BitBlt, SelectObject, StartDocW, EndDoc, GetWorldTransform, CreateRectRgn, SetGraphicsMode, StrokePath, ExtCreatePen, FillPath, ExtTextOutA, GetTextMetricsW, CreateFontIndirectW, CreateBitmap, SetPixel, CreateDCA, GetICMProfileA, SelectPalette, RealizePalette, RectVisible, LPtoDP, StretchDIBits, GetStockObject, GetFontData, EnumFontFamiliesExW, MoveToEx, EndPath, BeginPath, SaveDC, SetPolyFillMode, EndPage, StartPage, GetDeviceCaps, GetSystemPaletteEntries, GetClipBox, CreateSolidBrush, EnumFontFamiliesW, DeleteObject, GetStretchBltMode, SetStretchBltMode, StretchBlt, SetBkColor, ExtTextOutW, Rectangle
kernel32.dll
DllMain
mscms.dll
TranslateBitmapBits, CloseColorProfile, CreateColorTransformW, OpenColorProfileW, DeleteColorTransform
ole32.dll
OleFlushClipboard, OleIsCurrentClipboard, OleSetClipboard, OleGetClipboard, OleUninitialize, CoUninitialize, CoInitialize, CoInitializeEx, ReleaseStgMedium, CreateBindCtx, MkParseDisplayName, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, OleInitialize, CoCreateInstance, PropVariantClear
rpcrt4.dll
RpcStringFreeA, UuidToStringA
shell32.dll
ShellExecuteW, SHGetSettings, SHGetDiskFreeSpaceExW, SHBrowseForFolderW, SHGetPathFromIDListW, SHGetFolderPathW, SHAppBarMessage, SHFileOperationW, SHGetFolderPathA
shlwapi.dll
PathCanonicalizeW, UrlCanonicalizeW, AssocQueryStringW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathAppendW, PathFileExistsW
urlmon.dll
CopyStgMedium
user32.dll
MapWindowPoints, EnumDisplaySettingsW, SetCaretPos, CreateCaret, ShowCaret, DestroyCaret, EnumDisplayDevicesW, EmptyClipboard, SetClipboardData, IsClipboardFormatAvailable, OpenClipboard, GetClipboardData, CloseClipboard, RegisterClipboardFormatW, IsWindow, GetWindowThreadProcessId, RemoveMenu, SetMenuItemInfoW, GetMenuItemInfoW, InsertMenuItemW, CreatePopupMenu, TrackPopupMenu, DestroyMenu, DrawMenuBar, CreateMenu, SetMenuInfo, MapVirtualKeyW, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageW, GetGUIThreadInfo, WaitForInputIdle, MessageBoxA, DialogBoxParamW, SetWindowTextA, RedrawWindow, DialogBoxIndirectParamW, EndDialog, SetWindowTextW, PostThreadMessageW, SendMessageTimeoutW, SendMessageW, CreateIconIndirect, GetMonitorInfoW, SetRectEmpty, wsprintfW, GetCursor, DestroyIcon, LoadImageW, GetPropW, SetPropW, PtInRect, GetSystemMetrics, InflateRect, GetClipboardFormatNameA, RegisterClipboardFormatA, SetWindowPos, DestroyWindow, RegisterClassA, CreateWindowExA, ReleaseCapture, SetCursorPos, GetSubMenu, SetCapture, GetCapture, SystemParametersInfoW, ScreenToClient, GetMessageTime, GetCursorPos, WindowFromPoint, GetParent, PeekMessageW, GetQueueStatus, KillTimer, SetTimer, IsWindowVisible, PostMessageW, GetTopWindow, GetFocus, InvalidateRect, LoadIconW, RegisterClassW, GetKeyState, ReleaseDC, ShowWindow, SetCursor, LoadStringW, MessageBoxW, EnableMenuItem, CheckMenuItem, FillRect, GetDC, BeginPaint, GetClientRect, EndPaint, UnregisterClassA, SetFocus, GetWindowInfo, CopyRect, RegisterClassExW, CallWindowProcW, PostQuitMessage, LoadCursorW, GetClassInfoExW, SetWindowLongW, DefWindowProcW, ClientToScreen, SendInput, GetKeyboardLayout, GetWindowLongW, GetWindowRect, UpdateLayeredWindow, EnumDisplayDevicesA, SetRect, GetForegroundWindow, GetDesktopWindow, OffsetRect, MonitorFromWindow, GetDoubleClickTime, PostMessageA, RegisterWindowMessageA, CreateWindowExW, GetDlgItem, SetForegroundWindow, MoveWindow, SendNotifyMessageW
version.dll
VerQueryValueA, GetFileVersionInfoSizeA, GetFileVersionInfoA, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, GetFileVersionInfoW, VerQueryValueW
wininet.dll
HttpQueryInfoA, InternetReadFile, InternetCloseHandle, HttpSendRequestA, HttpOpenRequestA, InternetConnectA, InternetOpenA, InternetQueryOptionA, InternetSetOptionA, HttpSendRequestExA, HttpEndRequestW, InternetWriteFile, InternetQueryDataAvailable, HttpAddRequestHeadersA
winmm.dll
timeKillEvent, timeSetEvent, timeGetTime, waveInOpen, waveInPrepareHeader, waveInReset, waveInUnprepareHeader, timeBeginPeriod, timeGetDevCaps, waveOutWrite, waveOutPrepareHeader, waveOutUnprepareHeader, waveOutGetDevCapsW, mixerGetID, waveInGetDevCapsA, waveOutGetDevCapsA, waveOutMessage, waveInMessage, mixerClose, mixerGetLineControlsA, mixerGetLineInfoA, mixerGetDevCapsA, mixerOpen, mixerGetControlDetailsA, waveOutRestart, waveOutPause, waveOutGetPosition, waveInGetPosition, mixerSetControlDetails, timeEndPeriod, waveInClose, waveOutOpen, waveInStop, waveInAddBuffer, waveInStart, waveOutClose, waveOutReset, waveInGetNumDevs, waveOutGetNumDevs, waveInGetDevCapsW
ws2_32.dll
WSAIoctl, WSASocketW, WSACloseEvent, WSAEnumNetworkEvents, WSAEventSelect, WSACreateEvent, WSAAddressToStringA
Export table
BrokerMainW
DllRegisterServer
DllUnregisterServer
Flash_DisableLocalSecurity
Flash_EnforceLocalSecurity
FlashPlayer_11_1_102_55_FlashPlayer
FlashPlayer_11_2_202_229_FlashPlayer
FlashPlayer_11_3_300_257_FlashPlayer
FlashPlayer_11_3_300_265_FlashPlayer
Java_ShockwaveFlash_CurrentFrame_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_FlashVersion_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_FrameLoaded_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_GetVariable_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_GotoFrame_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_IsPlaying_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_LoadMovie_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_Pan_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_PercentLoaded_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_Play_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_SetVariable_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_SetZoomRect_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_StopPlay_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TCallFrame_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TCallLabel_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TCurrentFrame_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TCurrentLabel_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TGetProperty_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TGotoFrame_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TGotoLabel_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TotalFrames_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TPlay_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TSetProperty_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_TStopPlay_stub
Java_ShockwaveFlash_Zoom_stub
native_ShockwaveFlash_CurrentFrame
native_ShockwaveFlash_FlashVersion
native_ShockwaveFlash_FrameLoaded
native_ShockwaveFlash_GetVariable
native_ShockwaveFlash_GotoFrame
native_ShockwaveFlash_IsPlaying
native_ShockwaveFlash_LoadMovie
native_ShockwaveFlash_Pan
native_ShockwaveFlash_PercentLoaded
native_ShockwaveFlash_Play
native_ShockwaveFlash_SetVariable
native_ShockwaveFlash_SetZoomRect
native_ShockwaveFlash_StopPlay
native_ShockwaveFlash_TCallFrame
native_ShockwaveFlash_TCallLabel
native_ShockwaveFlash_TCurrentFrame
native_ShockwaveFlash_TCurrentLabel
native_ShockwaveFlash_TGetProperty
native_ShockwaveFlash_TGotoFrame
native_ShockwaveFlash_TGotoLabel
native_ShockwaveFlash_TotalFrames
native_ShockwaveFlash_TPlay
native_ShockwaveFlash_TSetProperty
native_ShockwaveFlash_TStopPlay
native_ShockwaveFlash_Zoom
NP_Acrobat_GetEntryPoints
NP_Acrobat_Initialize
NP_GetEntryPoints
NP_Initialize
NP_SetBrokerClient
NP_SetNPAPIHostProxy
NP_Shutdown
register_ShockwaveFlash
unregister_ShockwaveFlash
unuse_netscape_plugin_Plugin
unuse_ShockwaveFlash
use_netscape_plugin_Plugin
use_ShockwaveFlash

gcswf32.dll

Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems Incorporated (Signed)

Remove gcswf32.dll
Version:   11,0,1,152
MD5:   0a98c00d657ce2482a368722f6afbca7
SHA1:   1a968dbffae4f857b713b93065b15d765b33b45b
SHA256:   8a560fbb3e58ebb5797d7369aaa6b0e8310dea3b4af2c82955b07bc92aa551ee

What is gcswf32.dll?

Shockwave Flash 11.0 r1 allows web pages to display interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser. This is the plug-in specifically for Internet Explorer and runs as an integrated ActiveX application.

About gcswf32.dll (from Adobe Systems Incorporated)

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:gcswf32.dll
Publisher:Adobe Systems, Inc.
Product name:Shockwave Flash
Description:Shockwave Flash 11.0 r1
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\google\chrome\application\14.0.835.202\gcswf32.dll
Original name:npswf32.dll
File version:11,0,1,152
Size:8.19 MB (8,587,936 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Adobe Systems Incorporated
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Friday, December 14, 2012
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Google Inc
6% remove
Google Chrome is a free web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It is designed to be secure, fast, simple and stable. Chrome supports plug-ins with the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI). Chrome sends details about its usage to Google through both optional and non-optional user tracking mechanisms. The JavaScript virtual machine used by Chrome, the V8 JavaScript engine, has features suc...
Google Inc
12% remove
Google Chrome Frame is a free plug-in for Internet Explorer. Some advanced web apps use Google Chrome Frame to provide you with additional features and better performance. Sites that utilize Google Chrome Frame become more responsive. With Google Chrome Frame, sites offer you new features based on open technologies. Google Chrome Frame works under the hood with your current browser. Google Chrome Frame is only available for Internet Exp...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Google Chrome plugin
Stored per user in the directory 'Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences'
  • Name: 'gcswf32.dll'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00385189%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00028783%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00356405%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:6,100 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:399,116/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:5.41 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):6.93 MB
Private (minimum):6.6 MB
Non-paged memory:5.41 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:84.07 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):85.07 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:6.93 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):6.94 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,915/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:9.56 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:41/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:1.68 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:39/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:2.01 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:284/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:2
12
Handles:116
600
GUI GDI count:15
103
GUI GDI peak:16
142
GUI USER count:5
49
GUI USER peak:5
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\chrome\applic~1\160912~1.0\gcswf32.dll",brokermain browser=chrome
Owner:User
Parent process:chrome.exe (Google Chrome by Google Inc)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.26%
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.26%
Microsoft Windows XP 18.60%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 18.60%
Windows 7 Professional 6.98%
Windows 7 Home Basic 4.65%
Windows Vista™ Home Premium 2.33%
Windows Vista Ultimate 2.33%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 30.00% of Shockwave Flash.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Toshiba 53.33%
Compaq 13.33%
ASUS 13.33%
American Megatrends 6.67%
Acer 6.67%
Hewlett-Packard 6.67%
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