Mozilla Crash Reporter keeps popping up when Firefox is not even running
Got a problem on two separate computers: Mozilla Crash Reporter keeps popping up when Firefox is not even running. I'm guessing that my antivirus avast is interfering with the update service. I'm I right or wrong? Otherwise, does anyone know how to interpret this? This is the report:
AdapterDeviceID: 0x6818 AdapterDriverVersion: 27.20.20903.8001 AdapterSubsysID: 25541458 AdapterVendorID: 0x1002 AvailablePageFile: 23509377024 AvailablePhysicalMemory: 4957573120 AvailableVirtualMemory: 138522866925568 BackgroundTaskMode: 1 BackgroundTaskName: backgroundupdate BlockedDllList: BuildID: 20231116134553 CPUMicrocodeVersion: 0x2f ContentSandboxCapable: 1 ContentSandboxLevel: 6 CrashTime: 1701389728 GpuSandboxLevel: 1 HeadlessMode: 1 InstallTime: 1701135841 LastStartupWasCrash: 0 LauncherProcessState: 0 ModuleSignatureInfo: {"Avast Software s.r.o.":["aswJsFlt.dll","snxhk.dll","aswhook.dll"],"Microsoft Windows":["ondemandconnroutehelper.dll","twinapi.dll","wscapi.dll","NapiNSP.dll","pnrpnsp.dll","wshbth.dll","winrnr.dll","ktmw32.dll","wsock32.dll","webauthn.dll","wininet.dll","dbgcore.dll","Windows.UI.Immersive.dll","iertutil.dll","Windows.Globalization.dll","DWrite.dll","srvcli.dll","urlmon.dll","BCP47mrm.dll","winmm.dll","TextInputFramework.dll","InputHost.dll","Windows.UI.dll","Bcp47Langs.dll","icm32.dll","FWPUCLNT.DLL","rasadhlp.dll","winhttp.dll","npmproxy.dll","ColorAdapterClient.dll","mscms.dll","dhcpcsvc.dll","dhcpcsvc6.DLL","winnsi.dll","dbghelp.dll","twinapi.appcore.dll","WindowManagementAPI.dll","version.dll","netprofm.dll","nlaapi.dll","propsys.dll","wtsapi32.dll","WinTypes.dll","dcomp.dll","CoreUIComponents.dll","CoreMessaging.dll","uxtheme.dll","dwmapi.dll","kernel.appcore.dll","windows.storage.dll","gpapi.dll","dxgi.dll","rsaenh.dll","ntmarta.dll","IPHLPAPI.DLL","winsta.dll","dnsapi.dll","netutils.dll","mswsock.dll","cryptsp.dll","cryptbase.dll","wldp.dll","ntasn1.dll","ncrypt.dll","msasn1.dll","devobj.dll","sspicli.dll","userenv.dll","profapi.dll","gdi32full.dll","ucrtbase.dll","KERNELBASE.dll","bcrypt.dll","wintrust.dll","win32u.dll","crypt32.dll","msvcp_win.dll","cfgmgr32.dll","bcryptPrimitives.dll","kernel32.dll","shlwapi.dll","oleaut32.dll","clbcatq.dll","rpcrt4.dll","user32.dll","advapi32.dll","sechost.dll","nsi.dll","psapi.dll","shell32.dll","msctf.dll","setupapi.dll","SHCore.dll","ole32.dll","ws2_32.dll","msvcrt.dll","gdi32.dll","combase.dll","imm32.dll","ntdll.dll"],"Microsoft Windows Software Compatibility Publisher":["VCRUNTIME140_1.dll","msvcp140.dll","VCRUNTIME140.dll"],"Mozilla Corporation":["firefox.exe","xul.dll","freebl3.dll","nss3.dll","osclientcerts.dll","nssckbi.dll","mozglue.dll","softokn3.dll","gkcodecs.dll","lgpllibs.dll"]} MozCrashReason: Shutdown hanging at step XPCOMShutdownThreads. Something is blocking the main-thread. Notes: FP(D00-L1000-W0000100-T000) DWrite? DWrite+ WR? WR+ ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox ReleaseChannel: release SafeMode: 0 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 403195 ShutdownProgress: xpcom-shutdown-threads ShutdownReason: AppClose StartupCacheValid: 1 StartupCrash: 0 StartupTime: 1701389663 SubmittedFrom: Client SystemMemoryUsePercentage: 42 Throttleable: 1 TotalPageFile: 30027948032 TotalPhysicalMemory: 8553111552 TotalVirtualMemory: 140737488224256 URL: UptimeTS: 658.43255 Vendor: Mozilla Version: 120.0 Winsock_LSP: MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] : 2 : 2 : 1 : 6 : 0x20066 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : e70f1aa0-ab8b-11cf-8ca3-00805f48a192
MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] : 2 : 2 : 2 : 17 : 0x20609 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : e70f1aa0-ab8b-11cf-8ca3-00805f48a192 MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP] : 2 : 2 : 3 : 0 : 0x20609 : 0xc : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : e70f1aa0-ab8b-11cf-8ca3-00805f48a192 MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IPv6] : 2 : 23 : 1 : 6 : 0x20066 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : f9eab0c0-26d4-11d0-bbbf-00aa006c34e4 MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IPv6] : 2 : 23 : 2 : 17 : 0x20609 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : f9eab0c0-26d4-11d0-bbbf-00aa006c34e4 MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IPv6] : 2 : 23 : 3 : 0 : 0x20609 : 0xc : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : f9eab0c0-26d4-11d0-bbbf-00aa006c34e4 AF_UNIX : 2 : 1 : 1 : 0 : 0x20026 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : a00943d9-9c2e-4633-9b59-0057a3160994 RSVP TCPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 23 : 1 : 6 : 0x22066 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 9d60a9e0-337a-11d0-bd88-0000c082e69a RSVP TCP Service Provider : 2 : 2 : 1 : 6 : 0x22066 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 9d60a9e0-337a-11d0-bd88-0000c082e69a RSVP UDPv6 Service Provider : 2 : 23 : 2 : 17 : 0x22609 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 9d60a9e0-337a-11d0-bd88-0000c082e69a RSVP UDP Service Provider : 2 : 2 : 2 : 17 : 0x22609 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 9d60a9e0-337a-11d0-bd88-0000c082e69a Hyper-V RAW : 2 : 34 : 1 : 1 : 0x20026 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 1234191b-4bf7-4ca7-86e0-dfd7c32b5445 MSAFD L2CAP [Bluetooth] : 2 : 32 : 1 : 256 : 0x20006 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 9fc48064-7298-43e4-b7bd-181f2089792a MSAFD RfComm [Bluetooth] : 2 : 32 : 1 : 3 : 0x20026 : 0x8 : %SystemRoot%\system32\mswsock.dll : : 9fc48064-7298-43e4-b7bd-181f2089792a
XPCOMSpinEventLoopStack: default: nsThread::WaitForAllAsynchronousShutdowns useragent_locale: en-US
This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.
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Glad to hear the issue is resolved. Mark this as resolved to get it off our plate. We'll leave the light on for ya. ;-))
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Did you already try disabling Avast and rebooting the computer? Are you running a pro or home version of windows?
Modified by jonzn4SUSE
Yes, this looks like a problem with the background update agent (BUA) and could be caused by your security software interfering.
BackgroundTaskMode: 1 BackgroundTaskName: backgroundupdate
You can possibly disable this agent to test this. The BUA is controlled by these prefs on the about:config page.
app.update.background.enabled app.update.background.scheduling.enabled
Firefox updated again since the last incident and the problem seems to have gone away. Thank you for the responses otherwise. I'll keep this information handy just in case.
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Glad to hear the issue is resolved. Mark this as resolved to get it off our plate. We'll leave the light on for ya. ;-))