What is FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe?

FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe is part of Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller and developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated according to the FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe version information.

FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe's description is "Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 32.0 r0"

FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.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_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller
Company nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 32.0 r0
Internal nameAdobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 32.0
Original filenameFlashUtil.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1996-2019 Adobe Systems Incorporated
Legal trademarkAdobe® Flash® Player
Product version32,0,0,156
File version32,0,0,156

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAdobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uni..
Company nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uni..
Internal nameAdobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uni..
Original filenameFlashUtil.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1996-2019 Adobe Systems..
Legal trademarkAdobe® Flash® Player
Product version32,0,0,156
File version32,0,0,156

Digital signatures [?]

FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the FlashUtil32_32_0_0_156_Plugin.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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Dropped

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Generic

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Signatures

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Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD542ffb0d213183524e84f04bea31f1f45
SHA256a2e0bfbe677d7e191c7a8fd575362454f628720d612434d7b58db7c24ae1e66e

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to flashutil32_32_0_0_156_plugin.exe:

flashutil32_32_0_0_156_plugin.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

flashutil32_32_0_0_156_plugin.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 32.0 r0 has stopped working.

End Program - flashutil32_32_0_0_156_plugin.exe. This program is not responding.

flashutil32_32_0_0_156_plugin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

flashutil32_32_0_0_156_plugin.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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