vmware-hostd.exe
by VMware / Broadcom
Virtualization
Summary
VMware Host Agent daemon
vmware-hostd.exe is the 2025th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 298 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation and it is most often launched by services.exe.
2025th
most commonly executed Windows program
298
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 11b244c0620d270a0cfc162a0c02b7fd87bd4c6cd68eb3a7fe66570030cca70629.41%
- 53c1f74cf9acff5a7964bd4e241acf5263526e48709fec46db9c37d6322a5edb29.41%
- ecf92a52b4b1712028cebce50f98f5a4a1c9c7df9723c73e2473da040acefa3e17.65%
- 79e976fdfe109a45b1dc8b28c8d19ccbe078ac7043b090c9c673d97edb06741a11.76%
- 39935a0fc7c26eae6e99445392d920fed927e52e8bb2c07c4e994505a1b827ec7.61%
- 0aac34fb556f7f835f838cae913b8290755aed8474b32769249c23de931df1982.77%
- 63413f001fae275d07c1a4e53a9bab3ecd1fc6d8c139d816f819a53bba4098a91.38%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
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.