Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

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4.5.2 build-8848 50.00%
2.0.2 build-203138 50.00%

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advapi32.dll
InitializeSecurityDescriptor, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, RegQueryValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, ReportEventW, RegCloseKey, DeregisterEventSource, RegisterEventSourceA, SetServiceStatus, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerA, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherA
kernel32.dll
GetTickCount, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, SetEvent, ExitProcess, CloseHandle, GetLastError, CreateEventA, SetConsoleCtrlHandler, WaitForSingleObject, WaitForMultipleObjects, DeviceIoControl, WriteFile, ReadFile, SetLastError, FormatMessageW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetFullPathNameW, QueryPerformanceCounter, MoveFileExW, GetFileAttributesW, GetTempPathW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, LocalFree, WideCharToMultiByte, GetACP, GetVersionExA, MultiByteToWideChar, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, MapViewOfFile, CreateFileMappingA, CreateFileA, UnmapViewOfFile, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, CreateFileW
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
user32.dll
MessageBoxW

vmnetdhcp.exe

VMware Server by VMware (Signed)

Remove vmnetdhcp.exe
Version:   2.0.2 build-203138
MD5:   933b5a7b9338d7ea23011a1cdfee937a
SHA1:   e497ee45b073f57704cff7da487271dcdc0ceb44
SHA256:   e61a0e3ad428d1c9929924ab623c6a914723793df5a5d8c526f4023048a5a62d

What is vmnetdhcp.exe?

VMware VMnet DHCP service for VMware Server, a virtualization-software server suite developed and supplied by VMware, Inc. It uses a client–server model, allowing remote access to virtual machines, at the cost of some graphical performance. VMware Server can preserve and revert to a single snapshot copy of each separate virtual machine within the VMware Server environment.

About vmnetdhcp.exe (from VMware)

“VMware Server is a free, easy-to-use Windows and Linux application that provides a superior introductory experience to server virtualization for businesses to optimize utilization of their technology ”

Overview

vmnetdhcp.exe runs as a service under the name VMware DHCP Service (VMnetDHCP) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program VMware Server published by VMware, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by VMware which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).

DetailsDetails

File name:vmnetdhcp.exe
Publisher:VMware, Inc.
Product name:VMware Server
Description:VMware VMnet DHCP service
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\vmnetdhcp.exe
File version:2.0.2 build-203138
Size:318.55 KB (326,192 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:VMware
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Monday, September 10, 2007
Expiration date:Friday, October 29, 2010
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
VMware Server
 VMware, Inc.
5% remove
“VMware vSphere® offers the world’s leading virtualization platform for building cloud infrastructures. A robust, high-performance virtualization layer that abstracts server hardware resources and makes them shareable by multiple virtual machines. Aligns compute resources with business priorities through automatic load balancing across hosts. Optimizes power consumption by turning off hosts during lower load periods. Lets you define prio...”

BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'VMnetDHCP' (VMware DHCP Service)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00001707%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00000854%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00000854%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:63 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:816 KB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):2.24 MB
Private (minimum):200 KB
Non-paged memory:816 KB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:15.14 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):15.14 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:324 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):2.24 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:882/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:108 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:3
12
Handles:35
600
GUI GDI count:4
103

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:C:\Windows\System32\vmnetdhcp.exe
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:VMnetDHCP
Display name:VMware DHCP Service
Description:“DHCP service for virtual networks”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 100.00%
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