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Mozilla Maintenance Services starts, then stops right away.

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Yesterday Google left me a message in my mailbox, saying that I had logged in with Internet Explorer.
Apart from the fact that I never log in when I go to my gmail;   Firefox is my browser   !
Left me trembling like a leaf ever since   .......
This morning I discovered that I have a whole bunch of services installed on my laptop, and of course I went looking for a Moziila service.
And finding out that I have   Mozilla Maintenance Services   installed, sure put a smile back on my face  !
Immediately started it;  only to watch it stop right away   .......
The following message appeared:   Mozilla Maintenance Services stops when it's not being used by other services or programs.   ..........   Huh    ???
Smile's gone   ......
Happy112

Yesterday Google left me a message in my mailbox, saying that I had logged in with Internet Explorer.<BR> Apart from the fact that I never log in when I go to my gmail; &nbsp; Firefox is my browser &nbsp; !<BR> Left me trembling like a leaf ever since &nbsp; .......<BR> This morning I discovered that I have a whole bunch of services installed on my laptop, and of course I went looking for a Moziila service.<BR> And finding out that I have &nbsp; ''Mozilla Maintenance Services'' &nbsp; installed, sure put a smile back on my face &nbsp;!<BR> Immediately started it;&nbsp; only to watch it stop right away &nbsp; .......<BR> The following message appeared: &nbsp; ''Mozilla Maintenance Services stops when it's not being used by other services or programs.'' &nbsp; .......... &nbsp; Huh &nbsp; ???<BR> Smile's gone &nbsp; ......<BR> Happy112

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-mozilla-maintenance-service

Happy112
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Thank you   James   !
After reading what's behing that link,   I'm left with just one question  (no need to answer,   mind you   ! ) :
What's the point  ?
Smile's still gone   ........
Have a nice day  (or pleasant dreams,   whichever the case may be).
Happy112   (not so very happy, thinking I may have been hacked).