Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

24.7.0	33.33%
24.6.0	33.33%
19.0	33.33%

Relationships

Parent process

palemoon.exe (Pale Moon by Markus Straver)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

kernel32.dll

GetEnvironmentVariableW, SetDllDirectoryW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, IsDebuggerPresent, DecodePointer, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, QueryPerformanceCounter, EncodePointer, IsProcessorFeaturePresent

mozalloc.dll

moz_free, moz_xmalloc

msvcr110.dll

DllMain

xul.dll

XRE_StringToChildProcessType, XRE_InitChildProcess

plugin-container.exe

Palemoon by Markus Straver (Signed)

Remove plugin-container.exe

Version:	19.0
MD5:	bde64cc764559932cf45edf2f4e5359c
SHA1:	3daab4b5ad480fc69f26af0d5e3e969433f0b6e5
SHA256:	bd001daa9663a1dfa1c08122f41c3260b548ae1a678b06669aacc0b9fdc93560

Overview

plugin-container.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent palemoon.exe (Pale Moon by Markus Straver). It is installed with a couple of know programs including CCleaner published by Piriform, SeaTools for Windows from Seagate Technology and SeaTools for Windows by Seagate Technology. The file is digitally signed by Markus Straver which was issued by the StartCom Ltd. certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	plugin-container.exe
Publisher:	Mozilla Corporation
Product name:	Palemoon
Description:	Plugin Container for Palemoon
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\pale moon\plugin-container.exe
File version:	19.0
Product version:	19.0.2
Size:	10.5 KB (10,752 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Markus Straver
Authority (CA):	StartCom Ltd.
Expiration date:	Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

CCleaner

Piriform

3% remove

CCleaner developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. CCleaner supports the cleaning of temporary or potentially unwanted files left by certain programs along with browsing history, cookies, recycle bin, memory dumps, file fragments, log files, system caches, application data, autocomplete form history, and various other data. The program also ...

SeaTools for Windows

Seagate Technology

7% remove

SeaTools is a software to test and analyze hard disks on a hardware level. It can perform short and long drive self-tests and read/write tests, extract SMART and drive information and perform advanced tests. It was created by Seagate in response to the fact that more than one third of all drives sent in for repair were actually not defective at all, thus creating unnecessary costs for retailers and the company by having to ship and anal...

Sophos Virus Removal Tool

Sophos Limited

7% remove

“We know all about viruses and they’re a pain. They can slow down your computer or try to steal your data and you might not even know you’ve got one. What you need is a quick and easy way to find and get rid of them. That’s why we’re giving you a handy little tool that does exactly that. Even if you already have antivirus installed on your computer you can install our tool to identify and clean up infections your antivirus might have mis...”

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.10869836%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.01913992%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.08955844%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	6,563 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	635/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	55.2 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	27.05 MB
Private (minimum):	708 KB
Non-paged memory:	55.2 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	137.82 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	146.56 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.59 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	28.72 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	13	12
Handles:	255	600
GUI GDI count:	27	103
GUI USER count:	28	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\pale moon\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4408.fbe26c0.375516093 "C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\npswf32_11_6_602_180.dll" - 4408 plugin
Owner:	User
Parent process:	palemoon.exe (Pale Moon by Markus Straver)

Threads

Averages

plugin-container.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.99196327%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.48220437%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.50975890%	0.165382%
Context switches:	294/sec	79/sec
Memory:	24 KB	1.16 MB
xul.dll (Palemoon by Mozilla Foundation)
Total CPU:	0.00612492%
Kernel CPU:	0.00153123%
User CPU:	0.00459369%
Context switches:	8/sec
Memory:	21.03 MB
npswf32_11_6_602_180.dll (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
Total CPU:	0.00366209%
Kernel CPU:	0.00104607%
User CPU:	0.00261603%
Context switches:	64/sec
Memory:	15.01 MB