Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Child process
Related files
 PE file structure
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Import table
kernel32.dll
GetEnvironmentVariableW, SetDllDirectoryW, SetEnvironmentVariableW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, DecodePointer, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, EncodePointer, HeapSetInformation, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, IsDebuggerPresent
mozalloc.dll
moz_free, moz_xmalloc
msvcr100.dll
DllMain
xul.dll
XRE_StringToChildProcessType, XRE_InitChildProcess
plugin-container.exe
Aurora by Mozilla Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 19.0a2 |
| MD5: | 1684921059d1d54b7fb74e163ce25f64 |
| SHA1: | e84958feef9ad6d910f0cff9ae32a8660cf1707b |
What is plugin-container.exe?
Plugin Container for Aurora - 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: | Aurora |
| Description: | Plugin Container for Aurora |
| Typical file path: | C:\arora brouser\plugin-container.exe |
| File version: | 19.0a2 |
| Size: | 16.48 KB (16,880 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mozilla Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, October 18, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Aurora is the beta version of Mozilla Firefox.
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.02905076% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00668089% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02236988% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 796 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 334/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.94 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 13.69 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 13.56 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.94 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 132.74 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 139.87 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.69 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 15.94 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 176 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 10 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 12 | |
| GUI USER count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 16 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\aurora\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4968.5ef6900.369046995 "C:\Program Files\common files\avg secure search\sitesafetyinstaller\13.3.2\npsitesafety.dll" 1e05176855cc7d2f -greomni "C:\Program Files\aurora\omni.ja" 4968 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4968" plugin
- "C:\Program Files\aurora\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4968.a5f1a00.1276106767 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_11_5_502_135.dll" 1e05176855cc7d2f -greomni "C:\Program Files\aurora\omni.ja" 4968 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4968" plugin
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | firefox.exe (Aurora by Mozilla Corporation) |
Threads
Averages
| plugin-container.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.03791511% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01634469% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02157041% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,369,031/sec | |
| Context switches: | 66/sec | |
| Memory: | 24 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00245189% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00081730% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00163459% | |
| CPU cycles: | 48,645/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 276 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
25.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
25.00% |
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Distribution by country
India installs about 75.00% of Aurora.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
100.00% |
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