gcswf32.dll
Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems Incorporated (Signed)
Overview
There are 14 versions of gcswf32.dll in the wild, the latest version being 11,4,402,265. gcswf32.dll is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 7.97 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Adobe Systems Incorporated by VeriSign. The programs Orbitum, Google Chrome Frame and Winamp Detector Plug-in have been observed as installing specific variations of gcswf32.dll. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 5.92 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 7.8 KB per minute for reads and 2.17 KB per minute for writes.
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”
Details |
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 |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Expiration date: | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Shockwave Flash.)
360 Chrome is a browser made by chinese company Qihoo 360.
“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 Ch...”
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 Appl...
“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 Ch...”
“Google Chrome Frame is an open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome's open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. Google Chrome Frame is a free plug-in for ...”
Winamp Application Detect is a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and/or Firefox that allows Winamp.com and other participating sites to detect a Winamp installation and version when delivering cont...
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 Chro...
The software is typically bundled with third party installers such as Open Candy and Download.com. "The Pokki platform provides users with rich HTML5 apps on their Windows desktop for the ultimate app...
Torch Browser is a freeware Chromium based web browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying websites, sharing websites via ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of gcswf32.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Google Chrome plugin
Stored per user in the directory 'Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences'
All file variations of gcswf32.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.26% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.26% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
18.60% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate N |
18.60% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
6.98% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.65% |
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Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
2.33% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.33% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.00% of Shockwave Flash.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Toshiba |
53.33% |
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Compaq |
13.33% |
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ASUS |
13.33% |
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American Megatrends |
6.67% |
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Acer |
6.67% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
6.67% |
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