plugin-container.exe
Firefox by Mozilla Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 56 versions of plugin-container.exe in the wild, the latest version being 9.0.1. plugin-container.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 134.07 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Mozilla Corporation by Thawte. The programs Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1 (x86 en-US), Mozilla Firefox 17.0 (x86 en-US) and Mozilla Firefox (3.6.7) have been observed as installing specific variations of plugin-container.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 39.58 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 47.84 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.24 MB per minute for reads and 1.06 MB per minute for writes.
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
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| 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 |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mozilla Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 27, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, October 30, 2011 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Firefox.)
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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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
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 pag...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of plugin-container.exe, select a unique version for details.)
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}'
All file variations of plugin-container.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
23.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
1.75% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.75% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 N |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Release Preview |
0.25% |
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| 21 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 36.93% of Firefox.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
29.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.00% |
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| ASUS |
13.33% |
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| Acer |
12.27% |
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| Toshiba |
10.13% |
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| Lenovo |
3.73% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.73% |
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| Sony |
3.20% |
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| GIGABYTE |
1.87% |
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| Intel |
1.60% |
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| Sahara |
1.33% |
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| Gateway |
1.07% |
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| Samsung |
1.07% |
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| Medion |
0.53% |
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| Compaq |
0.53% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.27% |
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