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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



adobe media player.exe (Adobe Media Player Tray Icon)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 32 MB


In addition to the file name, adobe media player.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

File name contains:\Adobe Media Player\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/



Win Patrol

Adobe Media Player.exe - Adobe Media Player.exe is a media player provided by Adobe.
It land a tray icon in the task bar, it's safe to disable the tray icon.

adobe media player.exe  is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called adobe media player.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
adobe media player.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x3c0419e7b04c31740711f8d07b620bd1 321536 bytes
2 0xfc18c68213b820d85acdf2b935d4237c 260096 bytes
3 0xe6140db91d648ccfbb21206965dfdc7d 260096 bytes
4 0x9f7939d57fe99760c1f32e7bf2301239 260096 bytes
5 0xdbac0f4689fe613eca3072063439bd36 391168 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x6a8bbd7571fd19b483838856930ccb82 172544 bytes
7 0x4d49cdbdcdf82c58ed873bc8935b561c 261120 bytes
8 0xbe22f47c1194f942e57bc0f3a413beb0 261120 bytes
9 0x3ccb943188283f3fbf6943fa4f3a0362 261120 bytes
10 0xb423c026e4255556e69147ee9221abc7 276992 bytes

Match #2



adobe media player.exe (Adobe Media Player.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 101 MB


In addition to the file name, adobe media player.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor is not specified
Product is not specified
File name contains:\Program Files\Adobe Media Player\Adobe Media Player.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

Adobe Media Player.exe -

adobe media player.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.




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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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