vmware-vmx.exe
by VMware / Broadcom
Virtualization
Summary
VMware Virtual Machine execution process
vmware-vmx.exe is the 1682nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 503 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\x64 and it is most often launched by vmware-authd.exe.
1682nd
most commonly executed Windows program
503
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\x6476.74%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\x6423.26%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 6117241f007c9a5fb048e600abd1eb785e7b2e14eebb61d7adab90f9aa1c528e64.39%
- 8bf1dff3f98859a372ef7298c94d4554a3806b193872349eb607d52aaf591a9a10.66%
- e9903dc9a6ff55bc19c421130658465b9afb88a786bc0fd44fbce51bde74ea2210.23%
- ec6333f1ff469e7d21a86bab0eed86e514618b6f15df3958396e3ae773e027424.26%
- ae685549e7c04e94f9d87b78b55452765a85a749031bd608d22887ff294148d04.05%
- e2b5c2229b14ad64d89531c34db4bea51400e794c8b72b30107546e191efd9b92.99%
- 245cd3294e0c399a6f43dafacdf377a6d048fa246c64abb97b9093484819f4121.92%
- 042bd1e7df9e1dce0e0111b2cc99c3d7c06ecd967a3bfde632915b8610e8e9e81.28%
- da085f7b586ad30439e5897f2fb07f94ee5c2c1673351bd27d6fd3156b1bd51b0.21%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe99.04%
- explorer.exe0.96%
Top Parents
- vmware-authd.exe99.6%
- vmware.exe0.4%
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.