What is flash_player.exe?

flash_player.exe is part of mst Defrag SDK and developed by mst software GmbH, Germany according to the flash_player.exe version information.

flash_player.exe's description is "mst Defrag SDK Service"

flash_player.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\adobe\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected flash_player.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on flash_player.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namemst Defrag SDK
Company namemst software GmbH, Germany
File descriptionmst Defrag SDK Service
Internal namemstDfSDK.exe
Original filenamemstDfSDK.exe
Commentsmst Defrag SDK Service
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005-2009, mst software GmbH.
Product version3,6,0,0
File version3,6,0,6165

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

Product namemst Defrag SDK
Company namemst software GmbH, Germany
File descriptionmst Defrag SDK Service
Internal namemstDfSDK.exe
Original filenamemstDfSDK.exe
Commentsmst Defrag SDK Service
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005-2009, mst softwar..
Product version3,6,0,0
File version3,6,0,6165

Digital signatures [?]

flash_player.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

32 of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the flash_player.exe file. That's a 74% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Trojan.LockScreen!bAhz7F+iCFQ
AntiVir Rkit/Agent.44032.1
Avast Win32:LockScreen-ME [Trj]
AVG Agent3.CEZB
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Kazy.101035
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Agent.ueek
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb BackDoor.IRC.Sdbot.17490
Emsisoft Trojan.Win32.Winlock (A)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/LockScreen.AMJ
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Kazy.101035
Fortinet W32/Agent.AMJ!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Kazy.101035
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Webprefix
Jiangmin Trojan/Agent.icuw
K7AntiVirus Trojan
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Agent.ueek
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Agent.(kcloud)
McAfee Downloader.a!cq3
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
Microsoft TrojanDownloader:Win32/Urausy.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Kazy.101035
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen4.BGMCS
Panda Bck/Qbot.AO
PCTools Trojan.Gen
Sophos Mal/Generic-L
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TheHacker Trojan/Agent.uext
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.RCBC7JM
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.RCBC7JM
VBA32 Trojan.Agent.uepo
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
32 of the 43 anti-virus programs detected the flash_player.exe file.

flash_player.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove flash_player.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the flash_player.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that flash_player.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate flash_player.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the flash_player.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate flash_player.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\adobe\flash_player.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the flash_player.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If flash_player.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If flash_player.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If flash_player.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that flash_player.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5694dfb7943748a45793baacb0a60faa0
SHA2564999cb191931b43a785985dc89cc45b31ff23bc49c52e2d4e6ee1b6378961be0

Error Messages

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

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

flash_player.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.

mst Defrag SDK Service has stopped working.

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

flash_player.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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