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5%
5% of PCs block this file from running.

VersionsAdditional versions

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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gcswf32.dll

Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems Incorporated (Signed)

Remove gcswf32.dll
Version:   11,3,300,265
MD5:   061efde804e1072491c5c54977d4c92d
SHA1:   7ec13e5858a8640aa027bca30839ed7e31c17114
SHA256:   781c482b75d935e0fcb3ecf7842a7bc6625123297dba1cb3ad7749df899ae2a4

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:11,3,300,265
Size:8.83 MB (9,255,112 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
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...
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...
Orbitum
29% remove
Orbitum Browser is sometime bundled with third party co-bundled installers such as Open Candy. The browser itself is simply a custom build of the Google Chromium web browser (the same engine that Chrome os built on), but customized for search. It bills itself as a "A free, fast, safe, and easy browser that lets you chat on popular social networks including Vkontakte, Facebook and Odnoklassniki."

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:0.02063834%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.01789418%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00274416%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:1,404,009 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:1,056,122/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.64 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):3.12 MB
Private (minimum):2.69 MB
Non-paged memory:4.64 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:70.47 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):70.47 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.87 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):5.09 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,504/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:10.19 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:76/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:3.52 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:68/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:3.46 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:326/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:2
12
Handles:80
600
GUI GDI count:10
103
GUI GDI peak:13
142
GUI USER count:5
49
GUI USER peak:5
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\local\orbitum\applic~1\210121~1.0\gcswf32.dll",brokermain browser=chrome
Owner:User
Parent process:chrome.exe (Orbitum by The Orbitum Authors)

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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