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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: | 15.0.1 |
| MD5: | 7f6ec840e0954055d58cd57b6aca9d92 |
| SHA1: | 517df262fdc25383532b747e2cf463e11c1a95ad |
| SHA256: | 889341d5eaf3241c0fbbc9313a839f5948e42f3596701794fb48aec6287d65b4 |
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: | 15.0.1 |
| 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...”
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 ...
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 ...
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 3.0 is a version of the Firefox web browser released on June 17, 2008. Firefox 3.0 uses version 1.9 of the Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages. This version fixes many bugs, improves standards compliance, and implements many new web APIs compared to Firefox 2.0. Other new features include a redesigned download manager, a new "Places" system for storing bookmarks and history, and separate themes for different ope...
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 ...
“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.”
For Firefox 14, a new hang detector (similar to how Mozilla currently collects other data) allows Mozilla to collect, analyze, and identify the cause of the browser freezing/hanging. Mozilla will use this information to improve the responsiveness of Firefox for future releases. 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 locali...
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: | 0.00576869% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00390996% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00185872% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 105,657,200 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,123,261/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 13.24 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 19.45 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.95 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 13.24 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 154.18 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 159.86 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.51 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 19.45 MB | |
| Page faults: | 22,887/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 42 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 253 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 104 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 132 | |
| GUI USER count: | 34 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 38 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=2224.f2fe2f0.801097814 "C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\mozilla\firefox\profiles\orcfreq1.default\extensions\{09ec805c-cb2e-4d53-b0d3-a75a428b81c7}\plugins\np-mswmp.dll" 308046b0af4a39cb -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" 2224 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2224" plugin
- "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=2224.a767210.308500514 "C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\npswf32_11_4_402_287.dll" 308046b0af4a39cb -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" 2224 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2224" plugin
- "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=2744.1a4fc7a0.65902480 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32.dll" e7cf176e110c211b -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" 2744 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2744" plugin
- "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=2744.19cc12f0.1738397025 "C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\mozilla\firefox\profiles\d1rphuao.default\extensions\{22dfbf5b-a7cd-4b25-9471-3dc68c71855f}\plugins\np-mswmp.dll" e7cf176e110c211b -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" 2744 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2744" plugin
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | firefox.exe (Firefox by Mozilla Corporation) |
Threads
Averages
| plugin-container.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00128641% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00069021% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00059620% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,095,605/sec | |
| Memory: | 24 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003318% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001106% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002212% | |
| CPU cycles: | 811/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.67 MB | |
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 Home Premium |
25.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
9.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
3.50% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
3.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
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| 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% |
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| 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% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
14.45% |
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| ASUS |
13.69% |
|
| Acer |
11.03% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.13% |
|
| American Megatrends |
5.32% |
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| Lenovo |
3.04% |
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| Sony |
3.04% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.28% |
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| Intel |
2.28% |
|
| Sahara |
1.90% |
|
| Gateway |
1.52% |
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| Samsung |
1.52% |
|
| Medion |
0.76% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.38% |
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