What is FireFox?

FireFox is software application developed by Mozilla. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 62.75% of installations running this operating system. FireFox's installer is typically 20.00 MB in size and installs around 53 files. The most common release is 29.0.1 with 60.78% of all installations currently using this version.

FireFox is most popular in Belgium with 48.44% of installations residing in this country.

FireFox adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, FireFox is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About FireFox?

Mozilla Firefox is a widely-used, free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. It is available in various languages and utilizes the Gecko layout engine to effectively render web pages while adhering to web standards. One of Firefox's key strengths is its extensibility, allowing third-party developers to create and add functions through extensions. This provides a customizable environment for web developers, offering built-in tools to aid in the development process. In terms of security, Firefox uses a sandbox security model to limit scripts from accessing data from other websites, based on the same origin policy. The latest version, Firefox 3.0, utilizes the Gecko layout engine version 1.9, which addresses numerous bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements new web APIs. Notably, Firefox 3 has become the first official release of a Mozilla browser to pass the Acid2 test, a test for web-page rendering standards compliance. Additionally, Firefox 3 features a redesigned download manager with built-in search and the capability to resume downloads. The browser also introduces a "Places" system for storing bookmarks and history in an SQLite backend, offering improved management of user data.

Software Behaviors

Services:

maintenanceservice.exe runs as a service named 'MozillaMaintenance' (MozillaMaintenance) "The Mozilla Maintenance Service ensures that you have the latest and most secure version of Mozilla Firefox on your computer. Keeping Firefox up to date is very important for your online security, and Mozilla strongly recommends that you keep this service enabled.".

Firewall:

firefox.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'.
plugin-container.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

firefox.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{99777579-7EEC-4A15-896E-F189094F3FDB}' (runs on registration).
maintenanceservice.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D6E495AA-E263-4C11-BAEA-FEE246AAACCC}' (runs on registration).
updater.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E06C89BE-A80A-41F5-98AD-BFD4563DB14D}' (runs on registration).
plugin-container.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A3D1B512-36E6-4EBE-B52C-E0275F6FB984}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

firefox.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Start_Firefox.

Registry entries:

firefox.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Firefox' and executes as C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.mozilla.org

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{435F2601-C7DF-496B-B5FA-88B37F2E6E7B}

Size:

20.00 MB

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