Process Detail
What is plugin-container.exe ?
In Firefox 3.6.4 and above versions, plugins like Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Silverlight are loaded in a separate process called Plugin-container.exe and helps Firefox.exe main process to stay open even though any one of plug-ins crashes. It annoys users sometimes, when plug-in container.exe runs in the background and shows crashed warning dialog boxes of it, when it crashes.Our systems analysis:
plugin-container.exe is known as Firefox, it also has the following name CometBird or Nightly or Aurora or SeaMonkey and it is developed by Mozilla Corporation . We have seen about 100 different instances of plugin-container.exe in different location.
Something wrong with plugin-container.exe ?
Plug-in crash protection has been offered to make Firefox more stable and to reduce less crashes, so it is not recommended to disable plug-in container.exe process.How to Disable Plugin Hang UI in Firefox 20
Multiple Plugin-Container.exe Processes Running in Task Manager [Fix]
If plugin-container.exe annoys by showing frequent crashes of it, you can disable plug-in container.exe.
How to remove plugin-container.exe
Disabling plugin-container.exe in Firefox1.Open Firefox and type about:config and click I’ll be careful, I promise
2. Now search for ipc in Filter box.
disabling plugin-container
3. Double click on each of five entries one by one to set their values to ‘false’ as shown above.
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll
4. Restart Firefox browser. That’s it! Plugin–container is completely disabled for Firefox browser.
What can you do to fix plugin-container.exe ?
Let try to run a system scan with Speed Up My PC to see any error, then you can do some other troubleshooting steps.If you think this is a driver issue, please try DriverDouble.com
Where do we see plugin-container.exe ?
Here is the list of instances that we see for the process: plugin-container.exe| Path | Product Name | Vendor | Version | Size | MD5 | |
| 1 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0 | 1685 | 356A22A5871AC798035E4082C0508F76 |
| 2 | D:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 3 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | 39CEF0613312C10446CAC6EA3D169C66 |
| 4 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.12 | 1685 | 6F7ECB12B6782A2122DEBE9EC9DF2C5D |
| 5 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 6 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 7 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.8 | 1480 | 642FA80C2C43EE609313746AA305DC86 |
| 8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0 | 1685 | 356A22A5871AC798035E4082C0508F76 |
| 9 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 10 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 5.0.1 | 1685 | B07D6A08DDA7CFA92331AAD28EBCE27E |
| 11 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 1685 | 83F4BA8B8CDA4F063AA2002955A508A9 |
| 12 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0.1 | 1685 | 3B2CC09944488DB5ED5DFDC315C9AB57 |
| 13 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.13 | 1685 | BA9A09CF1B9503C363617F3748F6D791 |
| 14 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 15 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 5.0 | 1685 | 98F1CE5488CD4C00DF2172BADFC8252C |
| 16 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0 | 1685 | 1BF14948A57A0AF81C07F797EC0978D6 |
| 17 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.25 | 1685 | 71911CB4AE3F67B83DD0CD50DE4B423F |
| 18 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 7\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0b7 | 1685 | 09EB0A9AEFF77AB006311E5F00C5DC90 |
| 19 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0b9 | 1685 | 894E8CD0CA8AA87957BBDADB944928B1 |
| 20 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.10 | 1480 | D61ACEBA5AC21AB4EA814BBC5BF9E5BE |
| 21 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 3\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.23 | 1685 | 4E8A14EB0F88199F8B8D5D55B3A17B5E |
| 22 | C:\Programy\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 23 | C:\Program\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 24 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 00C720B692487F8CBFA2B5D4ECBE9606 |
| 25 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 6\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 26 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | A8A3C20024E000FB9F457F7B4B76EDF5 |
| 27 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.11 | 1685 | 6555FA4EC01F5402653C8C6A6E4AC437 |
| 28 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0.1 | 1685 | 3B2CC09944488DB5ED5DFDC315C9AB57 |
| 29 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 10\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0b10 | 1685 | 2A46500E90BAE1133B77F42BE0163C69 |
| 30 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 31 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 1685 | 83F4BA8B8CDA4F063AA2002955A508A9 |
| 32 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 10.0 | 1685 | 9B4BFABD2CB579E971D44E88A06CCDBB |
| 33 | D:\Programs\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 34 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 35 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 36 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 50248C371E759B0D5A0523A1ED46699A |
| 37 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0 | 1685 | 5E6255C3F0005CB2AD72DB7224D77B32 |
| 38 | C:\Archivos de programa\CometBird\plugin-container.exe | CometBird | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 972 | 959920DB1610F47B5CB1090E63DC9BCA |
| 39 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0.2 | 1685 | 7653CD0E8F2C0052185673B574DB699E |
| 40 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 41 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0 | 1685 | C0C3C7BA9FBE26BE3316C7AE38A24B34 |
| 42 | C:\Program Files\Nightly\plugin-container.exe | Nightly | Mozilla Corporation | 12.0a1 | 1684 | 5F8F84CCCFC481E8444C4B79BF1DE1B0 |
| 43 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 5.0 | 1685 | 4486AD32BB05628967695FCA1BADD46E |
| 44 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | EBCE80F242E59E30363C0BDBEC0C7C12 |
| 45 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 10.0 | 1685 | 9B4BFABD2CB579E971D44E88A06CCDBB |
| 46 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0 | 1685 | E7FD58191C09A4C4B265ED7771DB4725 |
| 47 | C:\Windows.old\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 48 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0.2 | 1685 | 7653CD0E8F2C0052185673B574DB699E |
| 49 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 11\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 10.0 | 1685 | 9B4BFABD2CB579E971D44E88A06CCDBB |
| 50 | C:\Arquivos de programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 00C720B692487F8CBFA2B5D4ECBE9606 |
| 51 | C:\Program Files XP\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 52 | C:\Documents and Settings\username\Configuración local\Datos de programa\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 53 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.25 | 1685 | 71911CB4AE3F67B83DD0CD50DE4B423F |
| 54 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.15 | 1685 | 0AF80338BAD26049974531322857A42E |
| 55 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.23 | 1685 | 4E8A14EB0F88199F8B8D5D55B3A17B5E |
| 56 | D:\programy\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 1685 | 83F4BA8B8CDA4F063AA2002955A508A9 |
| 57 | C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.25 | 1685 | 71911CB4AE3F67B83DD0CD50DE4B423F |
| 58 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 529FA094A03FD6710FFCA6C386E79A3F |
| 59 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.24 | 1685 | 84EEC408714607575250A95ABCD9D283 |
| 60 | C:\Arquivos de programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 61 | C:\Arquivos de programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 62 | d:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 63 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | A8A3C20024E000FB9F457F7B4B76EDF5 |
| 64 | C:\Program Files\Nightly\plugin-container.exe | Nightly | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0a1 | 972 | 6E3BC4A5C04EA5A462C06A4745B4BB23 |
| 65 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 8\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0b8 | 1685 | 9EB9F0C01B7222D681EFC2D25F2669BA |
| 66 | C:\Program Files\Aurora\plugin-container.exe | Aurora | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0a2 | 972 | 4536743EB9205B4B48DB0E58F3B084B2 |
| 67 | C:\Programmi\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 68 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.13 | 1685 | BA9A09CF1B9503C363617F3748F6D791 |
| 69 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0 | 1685 | BCAC7C562C5427EF85D6290D08EE1DAA |
| 70 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 9C433166F3D27DF47677FAFA9329C3C5 |
| 71 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0 | 1685 | 3AEF6731E9EC8E0FAD97177AE3E47E36 |
| 72 | E:\Programmi\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 10.0 | 1685 | 9B4BFABD2CB579E971D44E88A06CCDBB |
| 73 | C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 74 | C:\Archivos de programa\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 75 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 7B6369716E04B40AC711359E286C3C46 |
| 76 | C:\Program Files\CometBird\plugin-container.exe | CometBird | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 972 | 7D02898E563CAA533EB9D102F4F88DB6 |
| 77 | C:\Arquivos de programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0.1 | 1685 | 3B2CC09944488DB5ED5DFDC315C9AB57 |
| 78 | C:\Archivos de programa\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 79 | C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 80 | C:\Programmi\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 81 | D:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0.2 | 1685 | 7653CD0E8F2C0052185673B574DB699E |
| 82 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.6 | 1480 | A0002BED9AAB2644437CA4C973AD3AF1 |
| 83 | E:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 6.0.2 | 1685 | 7653CD0E8F2C0052185673B574DB699E |
| 84 | C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 85 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 9C433166F3D27DF47677FAFA9329C3C5 |
| 86 | D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0 | 1685 | 00C720B692487F8CBFA2B5D4ECBE9606 |
| 87 | G:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 88 | E:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 89 | R:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
| 90 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 2\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 4.0b2 | 1532 | B9913D4C85B70B76DECF36C77C9177D6 |
| 91 | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0 | 1685 | A6734FEE1E9A736B78A9535CF12BDCC6 |
| 92 | C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\plugin-container.exe | SeaMonkey | Mozilla Corporation | 2.6.1 | 972 | E58615F11AE072166480626498885144 |
| 93 | E:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 1685 | 83F4BA8B8CDA4F063AA2002955A508A9 |
| 94 | C:\Arquivos de programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 7.0.1 | 1685 | 83F4BA8B8CDA4F063AA2002955A508A9 |
| 95 | C:\Program Files\Ïîðòàòèâíûå ïðîãðàììû\Ñåòü\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 3.6.13 | 1685 | BA9A09CF1B9503C363617F3748F6D791 |
| 96 | C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 97 | E:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 98 | C:\Arquivos de programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0.1 | 1685 | 1CD878FFA3B97D9008FA0E723ED996CB |
| 99 | C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 8.0 | 1685 | FD67E2C52F62995C3CF1D6D720EEB66F |
| 100 | C:\Programas\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe | Firefox | Mozilla Corporation | 9.0.1 | 1685 | 0619C9E7A3682C54BD226A831897CD06 |
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