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No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional 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%

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Parent process
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PE structurePE file structure
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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
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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:   14,0,0,125
MD5:   efddca84509621908c336ee002bf1007
SHA1:   d684fe425eb27eb5a10e00f5f4d6a440fc41f138

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:14,0,0,125
Size:547.99 KB (561,144 bytes)
Build date:5/28/2014 3:37 PM
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 Flash Player 11 ActiveX & Plugin 64-bit
 Adobe Systems Incorporated
8% remove
Adobe Flash Player 11 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 Flash Player 11 ActiveX x64
 Adobe Systems Incorporated
6% remove
Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX for 64-bit versions of Windows 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 Exp...
Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin 64-bit
 Adobe Systems Incorporated
10% remove
Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin for 64-bit versions of Windows 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 Expl...
Adobe Flash Player 13 ActiveX & Plugin 64-bit
 Adobe Systems Incorporated
10% remove
Cross-platform plugin plays animations, videos and sound files in .SWF format.

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01318545%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00078947%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.01239598%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:5,930 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,012,903/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:212/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.25 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):8.52 MB
Private (minimum):4 MB
Non-paged memory:3.25 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:107.32 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):109.38 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.86 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):8.54 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:3,348/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:2.25 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:6/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:338 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:5/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:16.33 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1,159/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:2
12
Handles:162
600
GUI GDI count:10
103
GUI GDI peak:10
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:6
71

BehaviorsProcess 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)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.14340451%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.05885416%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.08455035%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:3,596,640/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:80/sec
79/sec
Memory:560 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.01110801%
Kernel CPU:0.00556559%
User CPU:0.00554242%
CPU cycles:190,935/sec
Context switches:7/sec
Memory:1.75 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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