What is plugin-container.exe?

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

plugin-container.exe's description is "Plugin Container for Firefox"

plugin-container.exe is digitally signed by Mozilla Corporation.

plugin-container.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on plugin-container.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionPlugin Container for Firefox
Internal nameFirefox
Original filenameplugin-container.exe
Legal copyrightLicense: MPL 2
Legal trademarkMozilla
Product version37.0
File version37.0

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

Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionPlugin Container for Firefox
Internal nameFirefox
Original filenameplugin-container.exe
Legal copyrightLicense: MPL 2
Legal trademarkMozilla
Product version37.0
File version37.0

Digital signatures [?]

plugin-container.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMozilla Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0511eaf8579e2662be622de5ae0cd408

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the plugin-container.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the plugin-container.exe file.

Folder name variants

plugin-container.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named plugin-container.exe

plugin-container.exe (51 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ebb45ed137ed255e37e4f7acb1ea863a
SHA256dca1992ec1ce43f72209aa08375bbaeacc377cf42e2183644432e9c28563ab04

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to plugin-container.exe:

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

plugin-container.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.

Plugin Container for Firefox has stopped working.

End Program - plugin-container.exe. This program is not responding.

plugin-container.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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