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Should I remove Mozilla Firefox x86 en-US?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
12% remove it88% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #4,719
United States Rank #2,902
Reach 0.1106%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.14 days
240.21 days >
Average installed length: 126.21 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
32.0.2 100.00%

Typically installed together

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Mozilla Firefox 32.0.2 x86 en-US

What is Mozilla Firefox x86 en-US?

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.

Overview

It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named firefox.exe. The setup package generally installs about 103 files and is usually about 75.71 MB (79,385,093 bytes). The installed file updater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.mozilla.org
Help link: support.mozilla.org
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe"
Estimated size: 75.71 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Mozilla Firefox 32.0.2 x86 en-US

Program executable:firefox.exe
Name:Firefox
Path:C:\Program Files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe
MD5:a4f9b383f2774dd3004a38a2bec24c59
Additional files:
  • webapp-uninstaller.exe - Mozilla Webapp Runtime App Uninstaller
  • freebl3.dll - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
  • nspr4.dll - Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR Library)
  • nssckbi.dll - NSS Builtin Trusted Root CAs
  • nssdbm3.dll - Legacy Database Driver
  • nssutil3.dll - NSS Utility Library
  • plc4.dll - PLC Library
  • plds4.dll - PLDS Library
  • smime3.dll - NSS S/MIME Library
  • softokn3.dll - NSS PKCS #11 Library
  • ssl3.dll - NSS SSL Library
  • AccessibleMarshal.dll - Firefox
  • breakpadinjector.dll
  • CommandExecuteHandler.exe
  • crashreporter.exe
  • gkmedias.dll
  • helper.exe - Firefox Helper
  • libEGL.dll
  • libGLESv2.dll
  • maintenanceservice.exe
  • maintenanceservice_installer.exe - Mozilla Maintenance Service Installer
  • mozalloc.dll
  • mozglue.dll
  • nss3.dll
  • plugin-container.exe - Plugin Container for Firefox
  • plugin-hang-ui.exe - Plugin Hang UI for Firefox
  • sandboxbroker.dll
  • updater.exe - Firefox Software Updater
  • webapprt-stub.exe
  • wow_helper.exe
  • xpcom.dll
  • xul.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • firefox.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{4114092B-AF37-48E9-9D9A-BD9E5EB37C7A}' (runs on registration).
  • maintenanceservice.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D6E495AA-E263-4C11-BAEA-FEE246AAACCC}' (runs on registration).
Service
  • 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.".
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • 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 'RunIt' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" abouC:newaddon?id={64d64833-9296-421b-a362-83cfbd6291b6}.
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • 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'.

How do I remove Mozilla Firefox x86 en-US?

You can uninstall Mozilla Firefox x86 en-US from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Mozilla Firefox 32.0.2 (x86 en-US), click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Mozilla Firefox x86 en-US.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 53%
Win 7 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 12%
Keep it 88%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.11%
Windows 10 30.43%
Windows Vista 5.96%
Windows XP 5.45%
Windows Server 2003 0.05%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.53%
Windows 8.1 16.40%
Windows 7 Professional 12.71%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.77%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.36%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.62%

Distribution by countryGeography

74.30% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 74.30%
  Canada 4.12%
  United Kingdom 2.67%
  India 2.54%
  Australia 1.82%
  Indonesia 0.88%
  Egypt 0.75%
  Malaysia 0.75%
  Iran 0.63%
  United Arab Emirates 0.53%
  Saudi Arabia 0.53%
  South Africa 0.47%
  Germany 0.47%
  Romania 0.44%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 29.67%
Dell 28.47%
Acer 12.32%
Toshiba 9.91%
ASUS 6.63%
Lenovo 5.09%
GIGABYTE 3.35%
Intel 2.21%
Samsung 1.81%
American Megatrends 0.54%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 5.83%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.95%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.77%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.74%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.57%
Dell Inspiron 3847 2.40%

About Mozilla

Mozilla is a free software community best known for producing the Firefox web browser.
Publisher URL: www.mozilla.org

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