Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Child process
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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: | 19.0 |
| MD5: | b3446a0b2d486b364d0e0c8c19033060 |
| SHA1: | 8b52a50e4d843d87db26083b473d232bcbb87802 |
| SHA256: | 7b3f40d22a79b59dd39b7c8d656ce83ba14ebafa4882f5ed284ec3003ffd67f9 |
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: | 19.0 |
| Size: | 16.9 KB (17,304 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
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 ...
Firefox 19 features a built-in PDF viewer. 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...
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 ...
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: | 0.09919716% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.06058112% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03861604% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 172 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 10.03 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 10.56 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 10.53 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 10.03 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 132.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 133.11 MB | |
| Working set: | 10.56 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 10.57 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 11 | |
| Handles: | 175 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 | |
| GUI USER count: | 19 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 21 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4036.be23200.201068292 "C:\Windows\System32\macromed\flash\npswf32_11_5_502_146.dll" 308046b0af4a39cb -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" 4036 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4036" plugin |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | firefox.exe (Firefox by Mozilla Corporation) |
Threads
Averages
| plugin-container.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.13831349% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.09575549% | |
| User CPU: | 0.04255800% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,273,456/sec | |
| Memory: | 24 KB | |
| npswf32_11_5_502_146.dll (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01417579% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00354974% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01062605% | |
| CPU cycles: | 63,137/sec | |
| Memory: | 14.89 MB | |
| MMDevApi.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01061264% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01061264% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 47,754/sec | |
| Memory: | 228 KB | |
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% |
|
| Windows 8 |
9.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.50% |
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| 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% |
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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% |
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| Acer |
11.03% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.13% |
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| American Megatrends |
5.32% |
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| Lenovo |
3.04% |
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| Sony |
3.04% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.28% |
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| Intel |
2.28% |
|
| Sahara |
1.90% |
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| Gateway |
1.52% |
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| Samsung |
1.52% |
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| Medion |
0.76% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.38% |
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