Versions

8. 0.22.466592	14.29%
8. 0.22.422537	14.29%
10. 1.14.799535	71.43%

There are 3 versions of vmware-usbarbitrator.exe in the wild, the latest version being 8. 0.22.466592. It is started as a Windows Service called 'VMware USB Arbitration Service' with the name 'VMUSBArbService' and described as “Arbitration and enumeration of USB devices for virtual machines”. . The average file size is about 631.29 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to VMware by VeriSign. Numerous variations of vmware-usbarbitrator.exe have been installed with both VMware Remote Console and Client Integration Plug-in and VMware vSphere Client 5.0. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0002% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.88 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 5.74 MB and write I/O transfers are about 0 Bytes per minute.

VMware USB Arbitration Service is part of VMware Workstation, a hypervisor that enables users to set up multiple virtual machines (VMs) and use them simultaneously along with the actual machine. Each virtual machine can execute its own operating system, such as Windows. VMware Workstation allows one physical machine to run multiple operating systems simultaneously.