Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, VMware publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
libxml2.dll
By VMware (Signed)
| MD5: | 37a743ef1acf3318d07261e9c3a83466 |
| SHA1: | abcd90ef2bf132d59576f9ead17267b8205831d3 |
| SHA256: | 7da4cce2a133e78b3fa873840715c5738f7a83abab14fcf2e68ce5c9cd820ffe |
What is libxml2.dll?
libxml2 is a common library for VMWare products. VMware software provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system. VMware software virtualizes the hardware for a video adapter, a network adapter, and hard disk adapters. The host provides pass-through drivers for guest USB, serial, and parallel devices. In this way, VMware virtual machines become highly portable between computers, because every host looks nearly identical to the guest.
About libxml2.dll (from VMware)
“You can dramatically improve the availability, performance and utilization of your IT resources through VMware virtualization, where the hardware resources of a single computer are used by multiple ”
Details
| File name: | libxml2.dll |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\vmware\vmware workstation\libxml2.dll |
| Size: | 1.17 MB (1,229,464 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | VMware |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
57.14% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.29% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.86% of libxml2.dll.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
80.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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