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FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe is part of Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller and developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated according to the FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe version information.
FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe's description is "Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.3 r300"
FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
| Product name | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uni.. |
| Company name | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
| File description | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uni.. |
| Internal name | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uni.. |
| Original filename | FlashUtil.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 1996 Adobe Systems Inco.. |
| Legal trademark | Adobe® Flash® Player |
| Product version | 11,3,300,257 |
| File version | 11,3,300,257 |
The following is the available information on FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller |
| Company name | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
| File description | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.3 r300 |
| Internal name | Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.3 |
| Original filename | FlashUtil.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated |
| Legal trademark | Adobe® Flash® Player |
| Product version | 11,3,300,257 |
| File version | 11,3,300,257 |
Digital signatures [?]
This file has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
| Certificate issuer name | VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA |
| Certificate serial number | 15e5ac0a487063718e39da52301a0488 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the FlashUtil32_11_3_300_257_ActiveX.exe file.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 52f4719bf4a62567043d19d6fab756b4 |
| SHA256 | 35c5a98528dadb5d4b98a1ac5ae8fd2a441c031f80568e6cebb8a0c1570e6ea2 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to flashutil32_11_3_300_257_activex.exe:
flashutil32_11_3_300_257_activex.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
flashutil32_11_3_300_257_activex.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.3 r300 has stopped working.
End Program - flashutil32_11_3_300_257_activex.exe. This program is not responding.
flashutil32_11_3_300_257_activex.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
flashutil32_11_3_300_257_activex.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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I have downloaded a Non-IE Adobe Flash Player 11,3,300,257 from FileHippo.com, because I couldn't find a DOWNLOAD on the Adobe site; everything at Adobe seemed to be insisting on installing directly. (I have a tradition of not installing software directly, but instead saving it and then installing it. And until today, I have always been able to do that with Adobe Flash, after searching the Adobe website.)
Also, I do not like to install Adobe Flash unless I have already downloaded the relevant uninstaller. But this time I have been unable on the Adobe site to find the UNinstaller for Adobe Flash Player 11,3,300,257.
Your opening information --- "File description Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 11.3 r300" --- suggests that Adobe Flash Player 11,3,300,257 is both an installer and an uninstaller. Is that correct?
Thanks for any comments, suggestions, or help, from anyone reading this.
Roger Folsom
# 12 Jun 2012, 22:41
R.N. Folsom writes
Roger Karlsson:
Thanks very much for your reply. My understanding of your statement that you "have not tried this version of the flash player," is that you are using the MS Internet Explorer ActiveX version.
I never would have guessed that Adobe Flash Player would update automatically "approximately every second week." I'm guessing that these usually are security fixes rather than feature changes.
If that information is on the Adobe website, and you happen to remember where, I'd appreciate that information.
But if I don't hear back from you (or someone else) about that, I will do my own search, because I'd like to know whether those automatic updates are just for the MSIE ActiveX version, or for the Non-IE version.
Except for Windows XPsp3 Updates, I use the Mozilla-SeaMonkey browser.
Thanks again for your response.
Roger Folsom
# 17 Jun 2012, 22:26
R.N. Folsom writes