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What is firefox.exe?

Part of Firefox by Mozilla

What is it?

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
Description of firefox.exe from Mozilla
“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.”
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How does firefox.exe run?

Process - firefox.exe is an instance of a running program. This 64-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. firefox.exe is executed by the process explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft).

How does firefox.exe start?

Shell open command - firefox.exe is typically associtated with identifier name of ftp with and identifier of "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -requestPending -osint -url "%1". A Shell Open Command allows for an association of a file extension and a program. This association allows an application to be run when the icon or a context menu item is clicked upon in the Windows Explorer window.
Scheduled task - firefox.exe is launched automatically by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\{808980A9-B89F-4D0D-9383-03E2BD7F475B}'. Task Scheduler provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals or even with event-based triggers.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.5% of all Boost users have the firefox.exe process running.Of the 0.5% of firefox.exe users, 12.5% have disabled it.
How stable is Firefox?
Based on crash data discovered by Boost, stability is a measure of how sound this particular process and the average percent of times it crashes.
     firefox.exe0.03%
Typical program1.26%
How resource intensive is firefox.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00320% CPU31967.0%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
281.41 MB RAM1306.8%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
3,433 /min152.4%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
291 GDI objects194.0%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
547 context switches/sec547.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe

Are there other versions of Firefox?

firefox.exe - version 6.0.2
firefox.exe - version 5.0
firefox.exe - version 25.0
firefox.exe - version 24.0
firefox.exe - version 23.0a2
firefox.exe - version 23.0.1
firefox.exe - version 23.0
firefox.exe - version 22.0
firefox.exe - version 21.0
firefox.exe - version 20.0a2
firefox.exe - version 20.0.1
firefox.exe - version 20.0
firefox.exe - version 2.0b7
firefox.exe - version 19.0.2
firefox.exe - version 19.0.1
firefox.exe - version 19.0
firefox.exe - version 17.0
firefox.exe - version 16.0
firefox.exe - version 15.0
firefox.exe - version 14.0
firefox.exe - version 13.0.1
firefox.exe - version 12.0
firefox.exe - version 1.9.2.17
firefox.exe - version 1.9.2.12
firefox.exe - version 1.9.0.17
firefox.exe - version 1.8.1.8: 2007100816

What modules are loaded?

A module is a dynamic link library (DLL) or an executable file that is loaded into the process. Below is a list of non-system modules that are loaded by Firefox.
ntshrui.dll (Shell extensions for sharing by Microsoft)
ehstorshell.dll (Windows Enhanced Storage Shell Extension DLL by Microsoft)
shdocvw.dll (Shell Doc Object and Control Library by Microsoft)
mf.dll (Media Foundation DLL by Microsoft)
shdocvw.dll (Shell Doc Object and Control Library by Microsoft)
ieframe.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
urlmon.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
xul.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
mozalloc.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
softokn3.dll (Network Security Services by Mozilla)
freebl3.dll (Network Security Services by Mozilla)
mozglue.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
gkmedias.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
browsercomps.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
nssckbi.dll (Network Security Services by Mozilla)
mozjs.dll (by Mozilla)
nssdbm3.dll (Network Security Services by Mozilla)
nvstereoapii.dll (NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision by NVIDIA)
nvscpapi.dll (NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision by NVIDIA)
nv3dvstreaming.dll (NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision by NVIDIA CORPORATION)
libglesv2.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
libegl.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
overlayiconshlext.dll (OverlayIconShlExt )
overlayiconshlext1.dll
sprotector.dll
nss3.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
anti_banner_native_proxy.dll (Kaspersky Anti-Virus by Kaspersky Lab)
shdocvw.dll (Biblioteca de objetos y controles de documentos del shell by Microsoft)
npidentitygen.dll (NPIdentityGen Plugin by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology)
sqlite3.dll (by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology)

What else is related?

plugin-hang-ui.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
helper.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
mozutils.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
xpcom.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
xul.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
mozalloc.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
maintenanceservice.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
firefox.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
browsercomps.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
xpcom.dll (Firefox by Mozilla)
plugin-container.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
firefox.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
browsercomps.dll (Nightly by Mozilla)
xul.dll (Nightly by Mozilla)
gkmedias.dll (Nightly by Mozilla)
mozalloc.dll (Nightly by Mozilla)
nss3.dll (Nightly by Mozilla)
mozglue.dll (Nightly by Mozilla)
plugin-container.exe (Nightly by Mozilla)
plugin-container.exe (SeaMonkey by Mozilla)
plugin-container.exe (Palemoon by Mozilla)
plugin-container.exe (IceDragon by Comodo Security Solutions)

Firefox Stability

firefox.exe crashes or has encountered a critical error 0.8900% of the time.
1.  
Error: Nicht mehr funktionsfhig (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago
2.  
Error: Nicht mehr funktionsfhig (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago
3.  
Error: Nicht mehr funktionsfhig (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.131072)
Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Basic (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 8 Pro (6.2.9200.0)

About Mozilla Corporation

Born from Netscape’s 1998 open sourcing of the code base behind its Netscape Communicator internet suite, Mozilla Firefox currently holds approximately 22.48% o More...
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File details

File name: firefox.exe
Publisher: Mozilla Corporation (verified)
Name: Firefox
Description: Firefox
Version: 24.0
Size: 268.4 KB
Original file name: firefox.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: Mozilla Corporation
Certificate authority: Thawte
Effective date: 9/27/2010
Expiration date: 10/30/2011

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0094731999%
Privileged CPU: 0.0062765045%
User CPU: 0.00319669537525%
Privileged CPU time: 120261383.32 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 533 ms
CPU cycle count: 20,209,378
CPU cycle count /min: 891,048,402
Context switches /sec: 547
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 558.24 MB
Peak committed memory: 609.41 MB
Paged memory: 281.41 MB
Peak paged memory: 354.41 MB
Paged system memory: 433.1 KB
Non-paged system memory: 82.28 KB
Working set memory: 272.41 MB
Peak working set memory: 351.05 MB
Min working set memory: 141.55 MB
Private memory: 281.41 MB
Page faults: 41,476,632
Page faults /min: 39,242
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 220,392
Read operations /min: 655
Total read transfer: 407.94 MB
Read transfer /min: 2.74 MB
Total write operations: 490,113
Write operations /min: 2,778
Total write transfer: 799.6 MB
Write transfer /min: 9.72 MB
Total other operations: 603,697
Other operations /min: 13,414
Total other transfer: 15.94 MB
Other Transfer /min: 212.19 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 291
Peak GDI objects: 267
USER objects: 72
Peak USER objects: 84
Resources
Handle count average: 860
Thread count average: 44
Thread resource averages

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
Windows platform: 64-bit
Parent Processes
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
Child Processes
utorrent.exe (µTorrent by BitTorrent Inc)
plugin-container.exe (Firefox by Mozilla)
Process Commands
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Shell open command details

Name: gopher
Command: C:\Program Files1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -requestPending -osint -url "%1"

Scheduled task details

CLSID: {295710EC-C6A1-4DF1-8EC8-F2F647AA45D1}
Command: \{295710EC-C6A1-4DF1-8EC8-F2F647AA45D1}

Image hashes

MD5: a9182ce59cfc56f9c1dde8b3c0ae8378
SHA-1: 40835dd9de674b78f6962f65cbe6fb6a327de210
SHA-256: 2b25b1a408aaa36d60d8966f57ea99c832b7f602b27bb7c87659bb6634f7031e

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0
File entropy: 5.40881
File packed: No
Import Table
kernel32.dll
mozalloc.dll
mozcrt19.dll
msvcr100.dll
nspr4.dll
plc4.dll
user32.dll
version.dll
xpcom.dll
xul.dll
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