What is waterfox.exe?

waterfox.exe is part of Waterfox and developed by Waterfox according to the waterfox.exe version information.

waterfox.exe's description is "Waterfox"

waterfox.exe is digitally signed by Waterfox Ltd.

waterfox.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\waterfox\' folder.

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on waterfox.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWaterfox
Company nameWaterfox
File descriptionWaterfox
Internal nameWaterfox
Original filenamewaterfox.exe
Legal copyrightWaterfox is free and open source; available under the MPL 2 license.
Legal trademarkWaterfox is not associated with Mozilla or Firefox. Firefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.
Product version36.0.4
File version36.0.4

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

Product nameWaterfox
Company nameWaterfox
File descriptionWaterfox
Internal nameWaterfox
Original filenamewaterfox.exe
Legal copyrightWaterfox is free and open source; av..
Legal trademarkWaterfox is not associated with Mozi..
Product version36.0.4
File version36.0.4

Digital signatures [?]

waterfox.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameWaterfox Ltd
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2
Certificate serial number1121dd1fe1f23dbdcbe4bb387482c7143040

VirusTotal report

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

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

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5bb417a9be1c53368967b05df37450666
SHA256b93985e8ed382e687549469feb06410f19262c46cc88276dbb321f88007de9cd

Error Messages

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

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

waterfox.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.

Waterfox has stopped working.

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

waterfox.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with waterfox.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with waterfox.exe. 60% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 5 users.

User vote results: There were 3 votes to remove and 2 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with waterfox.exe. Only 5 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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