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27.0.1 1.32%
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26.0 1.77%
25.0.1 1.10%
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22.0 5.52%
22.0 0.66%
21.0 0.22%
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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)

Remove plugin-container.exe
Version:   29.0.1
MD5:   28b02ea673489a4efbb20a9b302d523c
SHA1:   3e441f9ec262ca94fe241805d334ba5e4c7fe68f

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

DetailsDetails

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:29.0.1
Size:18.11 KB (18,544 bytes)
Build date:5/7/2014 10:09 AM
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

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Mozilla
4% remove
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Mozilla
9% remove
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Mozilla
9% remove
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Mozilla
3% remove
Firefox has established a reputation as one of the most innovative web browsers in the market. Its advanced features include built-in spell checking, tabbed browsing, live bookmarking which allows you to keep an eye on changes to news sites form the bookmarks bar, private browsing, and geolocation that can help customize location-based recommendations.
Mozilla
5% remove
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Mozilla
4% remove
Firefox 24 includes support for the new scrollbar style, closing tabs to the right, an improved browser console for debugging, and improved SVG rendering. In addition 9 new security holes were pacthed.
Mozilla
7% remove
Firefox has established a reputation as one of the most innovative web browsers in the market. Its advanced features include built-in spell checking, tabbed browsing, live bookmarking which allows you to keep an eye on changes to news sites form the bookmarks bar, private browsing, and geolocation that can help customize location-based recommendations.
Mozilla
6% remove
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser. Firefox 26 changed the behavior of Java plugins to "click-to-play" mode instead of automatically running them. It also added password manager support for script-generated fields, and the ability for Windows users without advanced write permissions to update Firefox.
Mozilla
9% remove
Firefox has established a reputation as one of the most innovative web browsers in the market. Its advanced features include built-in spell checking, tabbed browsing, live bookmarking which allows you to keep an eye on changes to news sites form the bookmarks bar, private browsing, and geolocation that can help customize location-based recommendations.
Mozilla
5% remove
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
11% remove
Bringing together all kinds of awesomeness to make browsing better for you. Get to your favorite sites quickly – even if you don’t remember the URLs. Type your term into the location bar (aka the Awesome Bar) and the autocomplete function will include possible matches from your browsing history, bookmarked sites and open tabs. Browse multiple sites at once, simply and easily. Each new site appears as a new tab (not a new window) and ca...
Mozilla
10% remove
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Mozilla
11% remove
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
11% remove
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Mozilla
3% remove
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
9% remove
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser. Firefox 26 changed the behavior of Java plugins to "click-to-play" mode instead of automatically running them. It also added password manager support for script-generated fields, and the ability for Windows users without advanced write permissions to update Firefox.
Mozilla
8% remove
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser. Firefox implements many web standards. Firefox uses a sandbox security model, and limits scripts from accessing data from other web sites based on the same origin policy. Firefox 22 includes support for 3D gaming, video chatting, and file sharing.
Mozilla
7% remove
Firefox 25 features include, the inspector now features autocompletion for css names and values.. If away from Firefox for months, you now will be offered the option to reset it to its default state while preserving your essential information. Resetting Firefox no longer clears your browsing session. CSS3 background-attachment:local support to control background scrolling. iframe document content can now be specified inline. Many new...

BehaviorsBehaviors

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}'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.02509191%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.01350604%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.01158587%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:774,873,104 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:3,344,075/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:967/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:15.31 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):22.85 MB
Private (minimum):16.35 MB
Non-paged memory:15.31 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:183.13 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):189.07 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:21.58 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):25.83 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:130,320/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:232.89 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:561/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:260.29 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:477/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:8 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:219
600
GUI GDI count:15
103
GUI GDI peak:25
142
GUI USER count:25
49
GUI USER peak:30
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=2104.170a1450.2021756150 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_13_0_0_214.dll" -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser" e7cf176e110c211b 2104 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2104" plugin
  • "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4520.13695460.1368692943 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_13_0_0_214.dll" -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser" e7cf176e110c211b 4520 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4520" plugin
  • "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=4552.1cf21010.191940839 "C:\Program Files\battlelog web plugins\2.4.0\npbattlelog.dll" -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser" e7cf176e110c211b 4552 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.4552" plugin
  • "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=1500.17f93ab0.2041979672 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_13_0_0_214.dll" -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser" e7cf176e110c211b 1500 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1500" plugin
  • "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=3088.16fdd890.1971321921 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_13_0_0_214.dll" -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser" e7cf176e110c211b 3088 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3088" plugin
  • "C:\programi\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=164.6eb9230.1622910272 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_13_0_0_214.dll" -greomni "C:\programi\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\programi\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\programi\mozilla firefox\browser" 50b67258458fd4fb 164 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.164" plugin
  • "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\plugin-container.exe" --channel=3316.1a9b5140.1983397282 "C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash\npswf32_13_0_0_214.dll" -greomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\omni.ja" -appomni "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser\omni.ja" -appdir "C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\browser" e7cf176e110c211b 3316 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3316" plugin
  • (8 more)
Owner:User
Parent process:firefox.exe (Firefox by Mozilla Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
plugin-container.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.33742340%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.18747384%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.14994957%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:9,683,808/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:115/sec
79/sec
Memory:24 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.05824288%
Kernel CPU:0.03176279%
User CPU:0.02648008%
CPU cycles:1,455,501/sec
Context switches:95/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:0.04721596%
Kernel CPU:0.02557531%
User CPU:0.02164065%
CPU cycles:1,202,061/sec
Memory:360 KB
wow64cpu.dll
Total CPU:0.00233487%
Kernel CPU:0.00073803%
User CPU:0.00159684%
CPU cycles:31,823/sec
Memory:36 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 21.50%
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%
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%
Windows 7 Starter 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 41.50% of Firefox.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 29.66%
Hewlett-Packard 14.45%
ASUS 13.69%
Acer 11.03%
Toshiba 9.13%
American Megatrends 5.32%
Lenovo 3.04%
Sony 3.04%
GIGABYTE 2.28%
Intel 2.28%
Sahara 1.90%
Gateway 1.52%
Samsung 1.52%
Medion 0.76%
Packard Bell 0.38%
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