What is Mozilla Firefox?

Mozilla Firefox is software application developed by Mozilla. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.00% of installations running this operating system. Mozilla Firefox's installer is typically 103.00 MB in size and installs around 1726 files. The most common release is 52.1.0.0 with 10.65% of all installations currently using this version.

Mozilla Firefox is most popular in the United States with 46.51% of installations residing in this country.

Mozilla Firefox adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Mozilla Firefox is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Mozilla Firefox?

Mozilla Firefox is a web browser developed by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation that is available as free and open-source software. It utilizes the Gecko layout engine to render web pages and is heavily localized to cater to diverse user preferences. The browser supports current and anticipated web standards, and allows for the addition of functions through third-party developed extensions, providing a versatile environment for web developers to utilize built-in tools. With a focus on security, Firefox implements 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, incorporates the Gecko 1.9 layout engine to display web pages, offering bug fixes, improved standard compliance, and new web APIs. Notably, Firefox 3 becomes the first official release of a Mozilla browser to pass the Acid2 test, a standards-compliance test for web-page rendering. Furthermore, Firefox introduces a redesigned download manager with integrated search capabilities and the ability to resume downloads. It also adopts a "Places" system for storing bookmarks and history in an SQLite backend, enhancing user experience and organization. In summary, Mozilla Firefox offers a secure and feature-rich browsing experience, catering to the needs of both users and web developers with its comprehensive toolkit and robust technology.

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:

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

Scheduled tasks:

plugin-container.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EF979948-3820-4AD2-A277-0141DC85C805}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

firefox.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Firefox.
firefox.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Mozilla Firefox.
firefox.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Firefox - Start.
firefox.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Open FireFox.
firefox.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Quarantine Management.
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 'RunIt' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" abouC:newaddon?id={64d64833-9296-421b-a362-83cfbd6291b6}.
firefox.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'firefox.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe.
firefox.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'winxp' and executes as C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
firefox.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Mozilla Firefox' and executes as C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
maintenanceservice.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'maintenanceservice' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe".
firefox.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Firefox' and executes as C:\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
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.
maintenanceservice.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'maintenanceservice' and executes as C:\Program Files\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe.