Flash Player update constant checking

Report · Apr 22, 2012

After a recent flash player update, my Win event log fills with the following events:

The Adobe Flash Player Update Service service entered the running state.

The Adobe Flash Player Update Service service was successfully sent a start control.

The Adobe Flash Player Update Service service entered the stopped state.

This happens exactly every hour. I set the FP Global Settings to "Never check for updates ..." just to see what happened. No effect. Global Settings reports:

ActiveX Version: 11.1.102.62

Plugin-in: 11.2.202.228

Can I get the checks or the reports to stop? Is this normal? Thx.

Report · Apr 22, 2012

Yes, this is normal; see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/981567 and especially http://blogs.adobe.com/spohl/2012/03/30/hello-adobe-flash-player-background-updater-windows/

I had originally disabled the automatic background updater (from the Task Scheduler), but re-enabled it, as it takes only a few milliseconds every hour.

You can also change the scheduled task to run only every 24 hours, or in longer intervals.