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Should I remove Mozilla Thunderbird x86 en-US?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
11% remove it89% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,176
United States Rank #4,870
Reach 0.0591%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.96 days
411.75 days >
Average installed length: 216.34 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
24.2.0 100.00%

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Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2.0 x86 en-US

Overview

Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2.0 x86 en-US is a program developed by Mozilla. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 programs's main executable is thunderbird.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 155.21 MB of memory. It also adds an icon to the Windows notifications area in order to provide access to the program. The software installer includes 63 files and is usually about 48.08 MB (50,415,346 bytes). updater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 73% of users of Mozilla Thunderbird x86 en-US come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.mozilla.org/en-US
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\uninstall\helper.exe
Estimated size: 48.08 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2.0 x86 en-US

Program executable:thunderbird.exe
Name:Thunderbird
Signed by:Mozilla Corporation
Path:C:\Program Files\mozilla thunderbird\thunderbird.exe
MD5:46f0b95a7d98c7fa4e00d0d092d7b1e3
Taskbar:Displays an icon in the notification area
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...
Additional files:
  • Thunderbird Setup 17.0.7.exe - Thunderbird
  • icudt52.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
  • icuin52.dll (by The ICU Project) - ICU I18N DLL
  • icuuc52.dll - ICU Common DLL
  • 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
  • AccessibleMarshal.dll
  • breakpadinjector.dll
  • crashreporter.exe
  • gkmedias.dll
  • libEGL.dll
  • libGLESv2.dll
  • maintenanceservice.exe
  • maintenanceservice_installer.exe - Mozilla Maintenance Service Installer
  • MapiProxy.dll
  • mozalloc.dll
  • mozglue.dll
  • mozMapi32.dll
  • plugin-container.exe - Plugin Container for Thunderbird
  • sandboxbroker.dll
  • 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 '{85D77B62-697A-436B-A8AF-5660B7725F6A}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • thunderbird.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Thunderbirtd.
Service
  • maintenanceservice.exe runs as a service named 'MozillaMaintenance' (MozillaMaintenance).
Startup File (User Run)
  • thunderbird.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Thunderbird' and executes as C:\Program Files\Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • thunderbird.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

thunderbird.exe
Memory:155.21 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0003621273%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00020308%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00015905%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:25,192,560
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:66
70 average
I/O reads/min:166.9 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:68.47 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Mozilla Thunderbird x86 en-US?

You can uninstall Mozilla Thunderbird 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 Thunderbird 24.2.0 (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 Thunderbird x86 en-US.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 11%
Keep it 89%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 64.35%
Windows 10 25.69%
Windows XP 5.93%
Windows Vista 3.95%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.16%
Windows 7 Professional 15.22%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.81%
Windows 8.1 10.73%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.14%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.62%

Distribution by countryGeography

72.66% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 72.66%
  Canada 5.08%
  United Kingdom 3.13%
  Australia 3.06%
  India 1.17%
  Germany 1.04%
  France 0.98%
  Netherlands 0.85%
  Spain 0.78%
  Belgium 0.72%
  Italy 0.72%
  United Arab Emirates 0.46%
  Indonesia 0.46%
  Malaysia 0.46%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.59%
Dell 28.17%
Acer 9.72%
Toshiba 8.17%
GIGABYTE 7.18%
ASUS 6.90%
Lenovo 4.65%
Samsung 2.54%
Intel 1.69%
American Megatrends 0.85%
Alienware 0.85%
Apple 0.70%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.21%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.24%
ASUS All Series 2.91%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 2.91%
Dell Inspiron 660 2.59%
Dell Inspiron 530 2.27%

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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