Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
plugin-container.exe
Firefox by Mozilla Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 5.0.1 |
| MD5: | b07d6a08dda7cfa92331aad28ebce27e |
| SHA1: | 7fee77ab5e8466814c6fa39ab33d58180b4fc4b8 |
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: | 5.0.1 |
| Size: | 16.46 KB (16,856 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/8/2011 9:39 AM |
| 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
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: | 0.08544213% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01338250% | |
| User CPU: | 0.07205963% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 99,913/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 10.7 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 16.67 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 13.83 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 10.7 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 89.06 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 98.02 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.83 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 23.93 MB | |
| Page faults: | 11,458/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.99 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 223 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 88 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 | |
| GUI USER count: | 9 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 11 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4160.421d080.1957766939 "C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\sitesafetyinstaller\17.0.12\npsitesafety.dll" "mozilla.firefox.5.0.1" -omnijar C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.jar 4160 \\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4160 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% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
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% |
|
