Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

84fe6	50.00%
4b3fb	50.00%

(Note, VMware publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

PE file structure

Show functions

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)

Remove vmware-hostd.exe

MD5:	84fe6a8a8c14a01f9b20ece6d7c42521
SHA1:	48b12fcdeed72ce704091b4a7e1300b012a29696
SHA256:	4443d7c83c3ffb661f099ec2e6b2576d67d5468994fc20ec68fa4c8baf67c600

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:	314.55 KB (322,096 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

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:	0.00003855%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00003222%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00000633%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	25,266 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	50.31 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	61.06 MB
Private (minimum):	3.8 MB
Non-paged memory:	50.31 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	135.04 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	139.01 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.13 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	61.06 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	236,405/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	139.11 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	87/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	120.71 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	78/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	14.4 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	217/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	11	12
Handles:	377	600
GUI GDI count:	4	103

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\vmware\vmware server\vmware-hostd.exe" -u "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\vmware\vmware server\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

ADVAPI32.dll
Total CPU:	0.00407403%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00240914%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00166489%	0.165382%
Memory:	620 KB	1.16 MB
MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:	0.00219122%
Kernel CPU:	0.00146846%
User CPU:	0.00072276%
Memory:	620 KB
platform.dll
Total CPU:	0.00005593%
Kernel CPU:	0.00004302%
User CPU:	0.00001291%
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	5.01 MB
vmware-hostd.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00005162%
Kernel CPU:	0.00003442%
User CPU:	0.00001721%
Memory:	316 KB
zlib1.dll (zlib)
Total CPU:	0.00000430%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000430%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
Memory:	76 KB

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%
Windows 7 Home Premium	50.00%

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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