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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Import table
kernel32.dll
IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetEnvironmentVariableW, SetDllDirectoryW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, DecodePointer, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, EncodePointer, HeapSetInformation, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, GetCurrentThreadId, GetProcAddress, GetModuleHandleW
mozalloc.dll
moz_xmalloc, moz_free
mozcrt19.dll
__winitenv, _initterm, _initterm_e, _configthreadlocale, __setusermatherr, _adjust_fdiv, __p__commode, exit, _encode_pointer, __set_app_type, _unlock, __dllonexit, _lock, _onexit, _decode_pointer, _except_handler4_common, _invoke_watson, _controlfp_s, _crt_debugger_hook, _XcptFilter, _exit, _cexit, __wgetmainargs, _amsg_exit, wcslen, __p__fmode
msvcr100.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
xul.dll
XRE_InitChildProcess, XRE_StringToChildProcessType, NS_SetDllDirectory
plugin-container.exe
Firefox by Mozilla Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 16.0.1 |
| MD5: | 0a9153fe672d620a8e8d921f2934749d |
| SHA1: | c7f5ad00ed6662a3be896e188f19bb668941e024 |
| SHA256: | abe597b48204adf64e97178091444c23d5ce875a15724d9cc8b9dc02c0842bf0 |
What is plugin-container.exe?
Plugin Container for Firefox - Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers. Firefox uses a sandbox security model, and limits scripts from accessing data from other web sites based on the same origin policy
About plugin-container.exe (from Mozilla Corporation)
“Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you”
Details
| File name: | plugin-container.exe |
| Publisher: | Mozilla Corporation |
| Product name: | Firefox |
| Description: | Plugin Container for Firefox |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe |
| File version: | 16.0.1 |
| Size: | 16.47 KB (16,864 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mozilla Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 27, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, October 30, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.500324 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“FoxyTunes is an Extension for Mozilla Firefox that supports the Mozilla Suite and Mozilla Thunderbird. It allows you to control your favorite media player without leaving the browser. The controls are positioned on the status bar or one of the toolbars, so no extra space is wasted. FoxyTunes has several nice features. You can control the playback, adjust the volume, and see what's playing. Many more features are in development, among th...”
The roll-out of Firefox 16.0.0 was stopped on October 10, 2012, after Firefox detected a security flaw and recommended downgrading to 15.0.1 until the issue could be fixed. The security flaw was fixed in version 16.0.1, which was released the following day. Mozilla Firefox (US English locale) is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the...
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers and thus provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools. Firefox uses ...
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers and thus provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools. Firefox uses ...
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers and thus provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools. Firefox uses ...
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers and thus provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools. Firefox uses ...
This version includes a "Responsive Design View" developer tool, adds support for the Opus audio format and adds preliminary native PDF support (turned off by default). Silent updates automatically update Firefox to the latest version without notifying the user, a feature that the web browsers Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 and above have already implemented, although the user is able to disable that function. Mozilla Firefox (US...
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers and thus provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools. Firefox uses ...
This version includes a "Responsive Design View" developer tool, adds support for the Opus audio format and adds preliminary native PDF support (turned off by default). Silent updates automatically update Firefox to the latest version without notifying the user, a feature that the web browsers Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 and above have already implemented, although the user is able to disable that function. Mozilla Firefox (US...
The roll-out of Firefox 16.0.0 was stopped on October 10, 2012, after Firefox detected a security flaw and recommended downgrading to 15.0.1 until the issue could be fixed. The security flaw was fixed in version 16.0.1, which was released the following day. Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine...
“Bringing together all kinds of awesomeness to make browsing better for you. Get to your favorite sites quickly – even if you don’t remember the URLs. Type your term into the location bar (aka the Awesome Bar) and the autocomplete function will include possible matches from your browsing history, bookmarked sites and open tabs. Browse multiple sites at once, simply and easily. Each new site appears as a new tab
(not a new window) and ca...”
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source is a web browser coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is a heavily localized. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers and thus provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools. Firefox uses ...
“Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.”
“Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.”
Behaviors
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe'
Scheduled tasks
- Entry path '\{94E20C9F-C61C-4D99-888B-EDE08F825D76}'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.02126049% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00405628% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01720421% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 29,796,191 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 1,018/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 10.66 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 15.98 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.34 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 10.66 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 146.91 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 148.29 MB | |
| Working set: | 16.03 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 16.03 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 196 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 19 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 20 | |
| GUI USER count: | 25 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 26 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=6244.234fd800.838282382 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_11_5_502_146.dll" e7cf176e110c211b -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" 6244 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.6244" plugin |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | firefox.exe (Firefox by Mozilla Corporation) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.50% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
9.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.50% of Firefox.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
29.66% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
14.45% |
|
| ASUS |
13.69% |
|
| Acer |
11.03% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.13% |
|
| American Megatrends |
5.32% |
|
| Lenovo |
3.04% |
|
| Sony |
3.04% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.28% |
|
| Intel |
2.28% |
|
| Sahara |
1.90% |
|
| Gateway |
1.52% |
|
| Samsung |
1.52% |
|
| Medion |
0.76% |
|
| Packard Bell |
0.38% |
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