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Should I remove Mozilla Thunderbird?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #14,732
United States Rank #14,904
Reach 0.0192%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 54.06 days
854.91 days >
Average installed length: 449.19 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
8.0 (zh-TW) 0.26%
8.0 (zh-CN) 0.53%
8.0 (sv-SE) 0.26%
8.0 (sl) 0.26%
8.0 (ru) 1.06%
8.0 (pt-PT) 0.26%
8.0 (pt-BR) 0.53%
8.0 (pl) 1.85%
8.0 (nl) 2.12%
8.0 (nb-NO) 0.26%
8.0 (ko) 0.26%
8.0 (ja) 2.91%
8.0 (it) 5.29%
8.0 (hu) 1.06%
8.0 (he) 0.79%
8.0 (fr) 10.58%
8.0 (fi) 0.53%
8.0 (es-ES) 1.59%
8.0 (en-US) 38.10%
8.0 (en-GB) 7.41%
8.0 (el) 0.26%
8.0 (de) 22.22%
8.0 (da) 0.53%
8.0 (cs) 0.53%
8.0 (ca) 0.53%

Other programs by Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0

What is Mozilla Thunderbird?

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform email, news and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser. Thunderbird is an email, newsgroup, news feed and chat (XMPP, IRC, Twitter) client. Thunderbird provides enterprise and government-grade security features such as SSL/TLS connections to IMAP and SMTP servers. Extensions allow the addition of features through the installation of XPInstall modules via the add-ons website which also features an update functionality to update the extensions. v. 8.0, released: November 8, 2011.

About  (from Mozilla)

Thunderbird is a full-featured email, RSS and newsgroup client that makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before. Tabbed email lets you load emails in separate tabs so you can quickly jump between them. Tabs appear on the top of the menu bar providing a powerful visual experience and allowing the toolbars t...  Read more
Overview
  • Starts automatically

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\uninstall\helper.exe
Estimated size: 42.51 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0

Program executable:thunderbird.exe
Name:Thunderbird
Signed by:mozilla corp (thunderbird)
Path:C:\Program Files\mozilla thunderbird\thunderbird.exe
MD5:4a0f6440634be2b598e2f68dda2c0129
Additional files:
  • mozcpp19.dll - Mozilla Custom C++ Runtime (User-Generated Microsoft (R) C/C++ Runtime Library)
  • freebl3.dll - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
  • nspr4.dll - Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR Library)
  • nss3.dll - NSS Base 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
  • mozcrt19.dll - Mozilla Custom C Runtime
  • AccessibleMarshal.dll - Thunderbird
  • crashreporter.exe
  • libEGL.dll
  • libGLESv2.dll
  • MapiProxy.dll
  • mozalloc.dll
  • mozMapi32.dll
  • plugin-container.exe - Plugin Container for Thunderbird
  • updater.exe - Thunderbird Software Updater
  • WSEnable.exe - Thunderbird Windows Search Integration Handler
  • xpcom.dll
  • xpcom_core.dll
  • xul.dll
  • mozjs.dll
  • nsldap32v60.dll
  • nsldappr32v60.dll
  • nsldif32v60.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • thunderbird.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CA1E215A-7465-4CE0-A493-5C4D4A6AF3CF}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • thunderbird.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'thunderbird.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • thunderbird.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe'.

How do I remove Mozilla Thunderbird?

You can uninstall Mozilla Thunderbird 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 Thunderbird (8.0), 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 Thunderbird.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win Vista 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 71.16%
Windows XP 12.43%
Windows Vista 9.52%
Windows 10 6.88%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 42.13%
Windows 7 Professional 13.33%
Windows 7 Ultimate 12.80%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.73%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.67%
Windows 10 Home 4.53%

Distribution by countryGeography

39.64% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 39.64%
  Germany 17.15%
  France 7.57%
  United Kingdom 3.79%
  Italy 3.79%
  Canada 2.90%
  Japan 2.45%
  Australia 2.23%
  Netherlands 1.56%
  Poland 1.56%
  Spain 1.34%
  Croatia 1.34%
  Belgium 0.89%
  Israel 0.89%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 30.29%
Dell 19.71%
Acer 16.35%
ASUS 8.65%
Toshiba 7.69%
GIGABYTE 5.77%
Medion 3.37%
Lenovo 2.40%
Intel 1.92%
Sahara 1.44%
American Megatrends 1.44%
Sony 0.96%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 6.52%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.62%
MEDIONPC MS-7502 2.90%
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Pr... 1.45%
ASUSTeK N73SV 1.45%
Dell Inspiron N5110 1.45%

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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