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What is flashutil9d.exe? Adobe Flash Player Helper?

Vendor:      Adobe Systems, Inc.
Product:     Flash Player Helper
Vendor Website:      http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: FlashUtil9d.exe - Flash Utility. When double clicked it will check to see if you need any updates and the program is installed properly.

With Flash Player 9.0.28.0 and later, the utility file FlashUtil.exe is installed with Flash Player in the C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash directory. FlashUtil.exe includes functionality required by Windows Vista and by the autoupdate notification process.

The utility is versioned with the control. For example, FlashUtil9b.exe is installed with the control Flash9b.ocx. FlashUtil.exe also contains several options that developers can use to switch between player versions and between debugger versions during testing. Developers can modify the default behavior by using the following command-line flags.

flashutil9d.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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flashutil9d.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
flashutil9d.exe



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