Mozilla Maintenance Service

Mozilla Maintenance Service

by Mozilla

What is Mozilla Maintenance Service?

Mozilla Maintenance Service is software application developed by Mozilla. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 52.57% of installations running this operating system. Mozilla Maintenance Service's installer is typically 26.00 MB in size and installs around 3 files. The most common release is 71.0 with 0.02% of all installations currently using this version.

Mozilla Maintenance Service is most popular in the United States with 44.40% of installations residing in this country.

Mozilla Maintenance Service 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 Maintenance Service is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Mozilla Maintenance Service?

The latest version of Firefox includes the Mozilla Maintenance Service as an optional installation. This service streamlines the update process by obtaining permission from the Windows User Account Control (UAC) to automatically install updates without requiring user interaction. The service only runs when necessary, conserving computer resources, and terminates once the update is complete. This feature addresses the previous inconvenience of having to prompt users for elevated permissions in order to apply updates when installed in the default Program Files directory.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • maintenanceservice.exe runs as a service named 'MozillaMaintenance' (MozillaMaintenance) "De Mozilla Maintenance Service zorgt ervoor dat u de nieuwste en meest veilige versie van Mozilla Firefox op uw computer hebt. Het actueel houden van Firefox is zeer belangrijk voor uw online-veiligheid, en Mozilla raadt ten zeerste aan deze service ingeschakeld te houden.".
Firewall:
  • Uninstall.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Maintenance Service\uninstall.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • maintenanceservice.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{26F42A31-D7CF-4DFF-BF63-C46E259F1F4A}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • 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.

Software Details

URL:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-us/kb/what-mozilla-maintenance-service
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\mozilla maintenance service
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Maintenance Service\uninstall.exe"
Size:
26.00 MB
Language:
English

Mozilla Maintenance Service Executable Details

Primary executable:
maintenanceservice.exe
Name:
Mozilla Maintenance Service
Path:
C:\Program Files\mozilla maintenance service\maintenanceservice.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Mozilla Maintenance Service
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
c0351fd2fd642a28d69f4db1df90644a
EXE
0bcb37bffecc3ace5525905fc907d189
EXE
af918ea255365be391f7400853318459