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
Parent process
Related files
 PE file structure
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Import table
advapi32.dll
SetServiceStatus, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExA, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherA, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, InitializeSecurityDescriptor
kernel32.dll
GetACP, GetVersionExA, GetLastError, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, GetModuleFileNameW, GetFileAttributesW, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, MapViewOfFile, CloseHandle, CreateFileMappingA, CreateFileA, UnmapViewOfFile
msvcp80.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
platform.dll
VmacoreMsg_Init, ProductState_Set, ProductState_GetName, ProductState_IsProduct
vmware-hostd.exe
By VMware (Signed)
| MD5: | 4b3fb4edcd0dc0629871d7eb496252e3 |
| SHA1: | 28a1794a086aa5e8ffb3978edfdfa02f773ff914 |
What is vmware-hostd.exe?
vmware-hostd 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 vmware-hostd.exe (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: | vmware-hostd.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\vmware\vmware server\vmware-hostd.exe |
| Size: | 12.63 MB (13,242,960 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/26/2013 2:53 PM |
| 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
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'VMwareHostd' (VMware Workstation Server)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003069% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002984% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000085% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 20,701 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 33.35 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 50.11 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.17 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 33.35 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 172.32 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 185.95 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.57 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 50.15 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 11 | |
| Handles: | 434 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\vmware\vmware workstation\vmware-hostd.exe" -u "C:\ProgramData\vmware\hostd\config.xml" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | VMwareHostd |
| Display name: | VMware Workstation Server |
| Description: | “Remote access service for registration and management of virtual machines.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| wow64cpu.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00268737% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00184292% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00084445% | |
| CPU cycles: | 58,040/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
| vmware-hostd.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00168635% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00129995% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00038640% | |
| CPU cycles: | 37,274/sec | |
| Memory: | 12.71 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
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Distribution by country
India installs about 50.00% of vmware-hostd.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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