maintenanceservice.exe
Nightly by Mozilla Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 24.0a1 |
| MD5: | 0a3fd38942713d3119da995047fbb50e |
| SHA1: | 37e9c26426ef2d4e669ae37b4e7e69258da498e3 |
| SHA256: | 1be0b7bc83ae896696ce95de11c34eeacee6be2848892d6b3d99da1b0229926a |
Overview
maintenanceservice.exe runs as a service under the name MozillaMaintenance within the local user context. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Mozilla Maintenance Service published by Mozilla and Nightly 24.0a1 (x86 en-US) published by Mozilla. The file is digitally signed by Mozilla Corporation which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | maintenanceservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Mozilla Foundation |
| Product name: | Nightly |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\mozilla maintenance service\maintenanceservice.exe |
| File version: | 24.0a1 |
| Size: | 115.91 KB (118,696 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/19/2013 1:21 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mozilla Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Firefox now installs an optional service called the Mozilla Maintenance Service. This service allows Firefox to install updates without requiring you to click yes in the Windows User Account Control (UAC) dialog. Once Firefox has downloaded an update, the Mozilla Maintenance Service gets permission from Windows to allow the update to be applied without requiring you to click yes in the Windows User Account Control (UAC) dialog. Until th...
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Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
12.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
12.50% |
|
Distribution by country
Germany installs about 25.00% of Nightly.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
36.36% |
|
| Intel |
36.36% |
|
| Dell |
18.18% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
9.09% |
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