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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



firefox.exe (Mozilla Firefox)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 2.84%
Average CPU use for this program: 2%
Average RAM for this program: 122 MB


In addition to the file name, firefox.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Mozilla
Product contains:Firefox

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

firefox.exe is the Mozilla Firefox browser.

firefox.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called firefox.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
firefox.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x6d05e232dde95d48fbf0d879559cd3ca 7442 KB
2 0x9e88f353780465373ce7d48b67557376 6481 KB
3 0xf6ceaa84c88ccfbbbb6dd394c6663a12 77 KB
4 0xdc7051841f2f67410524b2eec25a1755 6998 KB
5 0x757b99c6331525b5075becc07d3a82d3 76 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x2b64b8b417eefa3d68d47660c147c2d0 89600 bytes
7 0x8175a4c42bb5b2511c5c389ae766f32f 9117696 bytes
8 0x4abe7358afa12d5f0c7f293c642eb66c 6631012 bytes
9 0x7c73abb2594e94a541aad05a10715cb8 3329029 bytes
10 0x0527a420d3674fb2b07d6f73a3ff71a2 78848 bytes

Match #2



firefox.exe (firefox.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 65 MB


In addition to the file name, firefox.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Mozilla Corporation
Product contains:Minefield
File name contains:\Program Files (x86)\Minefield\firefox.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

firefox.exe -

firefox.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.




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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.