Versions

4.1.18.78361	18.00%
4.1.18.78361	82.00%

vboxservice.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is 4.1.18.78361. It is started as a Windows Service called 'VirtualBox Guest Additions Service' with the name 'VBoxService' and described as “Manages VM runtime information, time synchronization, remote sysprep execution and miscellaneous utilities for guest operating systems.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 1.18 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Oracle Corporation. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0026% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.51 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 2.17 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 7 Bytes per minute for reads and 10 Bytes per minute for writes.

VirtualBox Guest Additions Service is part of Oracle VM VirtualBox, an x86 virtualization software package developed by Oracle Corporation as part of its family of virtualization products. Oracle VM VirtualBox is installed on an existing host operating system as an application; this host application allows additional guest operating systems, each known as a Guest OS, to be loaded and run, each with its own virtual environment.