What is Uninstall.exe?

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

Uninstall.exe's description is "Mozilla Maintenance Service Installer"

Uninstall.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Uninstall.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionMozilla Maintenance Service Installer
Original filenamemaintenanceservice_installer.exe
Legal copyrightMozilla Corporation
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.
Product version35.0.1
File version35.0.1

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

Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionMozilla Maintenance Service Installer
Original filenamemaintenanceservice_installer.exe
Legal copyrightMozilla Corporation
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozill..
Product version35.0.1
File version35.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

Uninstall.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Uninstall.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the Uninstall.exe file.

Filename variants

Uninstall.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

Uninstall.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Uninstall.exe

Uninstall.exe (592 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5989aa1f2e39c89b5ee3c767465e83982
SHA2565d45fc5adb621379afcd665a55c8fda760d7280462556629defda8846a0cd419

Error Messages

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

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

uninstall.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.

Mozilla Maintenance Service Installer has stopped working.

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

uninstall.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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