What is Au_.exe?

Au_.exe is part of Firefox and developed by Mozilla Corporation according to the Au_.exe version information.

Au_.exe's description is "Firefox Helper"

Au_.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\~nsu.tmp\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Au_.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Au_.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionFirefox Helper
Original filenamehelper.exe
Legal copyrightMozilla Corporation
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.
Product version32.0
File version32.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionFirefox Helper
Original filenamehelper.exe
Legal copyrightMozilla Corporation
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozill..
Product version32.0
File version32.0

VirusTotal report

None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Au_.exe file.

None of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the Au_.exe file.

Other files also named Au_.exe

Au_.exe (81 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c42c13ae0ec553f483c0f9f16524d9bd
SHA2560cbf8beec3c8e8a0d232095d6f412772d1261982aff4981ab82e2fbf62af8763

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to au_.exe:

au_.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

au_.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Firefox Helper has stopped working.

End Program - au_.exe. This program is not responding.

au_.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

au_.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with Au_.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with Au_.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Au_.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Au_.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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