vmware-authd.exe
VMware Server by VMware (Signed)
| Version: | 4.5.2 build-8848 |
| MD5: | 557c6b973cc16e2416367e056f105b0b |
| SHA1: | d3d9f9205f088e390aab9d32058b9f9c28b652d8 |
| SHA256: | 99ec52a8b4019c9e5aa8199b829b03cac0f7907b9a0db3b52edf2c57c6d31fc3 |
What is vmware-authd.exe?
VMware Authorization 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 vmware-authd.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
vmware-authd.exe runs as a service under the name VMware Authorization Service (VMAuthdService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). 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).
Details
| File name: | vmware-authd.exe |
| Publisher: | VMware, Inc. |
| Product name: | VMware Server |
| Description: | VMware Authorization Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\vmware\vmware server\vmware-authd.exe |
| File version: | 4.5.2 build-8848 |
| Size: | 104.08 KB (106,575 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
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'VMAuthdService' (VMware Authorization Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000078% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000078% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 37,984 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.62 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.62 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 33.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 33.14 MB | |
| Working set: | 2 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.59 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 184 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\vmware\vmware workstation\vmware-authd.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | VMAuthdService |
| Display name: | VMware Authorization Service |
| Description: | “Authorization and authentication service for starting and accessing virtual machines” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
|
