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'When I start firefox, conhost.exe opens in task manager - processes. What is going on here? I don't recall seeing this before.

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I just noticed that whenever I start firefox conhost.exe opens in task manager --> processes. This is behavior I do not recall seeing previously. Any idea what is going on here? Thank you.

I just noticed that whenever I start firefox conhost.exe opens in task manager --> processes. This is behavior I do not recall seeing previously. Any idea what is going on here? Thank you.

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FredMcD
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What is conhost.exe and Why Is It Running? http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4996/what-is-conhost.exe-and-why-is-it-running/