vmware-cip-launcher.exe
by VMware / Broadcom
Virtualization
Summary
VMware CIP launcher
vmware-cip-launcher.exe is the 2241st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 228 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service and it is most often launched by chrome.exe.
2241st
most commonly executed Windows program
228
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- f448c8fef694141c6e3d690f289ead922400b44d63e765aabb33c6ff255ea11c71.93%
- 5224042b75b694f52694e4eae5cfb3c90a15c4699ec0c744d72042d064f9886126.75%
- 8fb7f022ed7b147a04290e079f6c2e64d3a4ef6aa8c36062e13e50afc8f36fe71.32%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe83.7%
- rdpinit.exe11.01%
- OUTLOOK.EXE3.96%
- chrome.exe0.88%
- updater.exe0.44%
Top Parents
- chrome.exe94.3%
- firefox.exe5.7%
Top Children
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.