Flash Player update constant checking

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.

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-window s/
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.

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  • Adobe Flash Player Update Service 11.6 r602 stopped working and was closed?

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    From: [email protected]
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Adobe Flash Player Update Service 11.6 r602 stopped working and was closed?
        Re: Adobe Flash Player Update Service 11.6 r602 stopped working and was closed?
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