Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
vmware-usbarbitrator.exe
VMware USB Arbitration Service by VMware (Signed)
| Version: | 10. 1.14.799535 |
| MD5: | a77a76dd2773616651121b7efa5948c1 |
| SHA1: | 0c4f0f144add480cba5c84195fb525d9a1e4f108 |
| SHA256: | 533a975ce23165eedbc2a4b080a9fbeae0648dc86a6e698a485c5acf42d74824 |
What is vmware-usbarbitrator.exe?
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.
Overview
vmware-usbarbitrator.exe runs as a service under the name VMware USB Arbitration Service (VMUSBArbService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program VMware Remote Console and Client Integration Plug-in published by VMware, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by VMware which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | vmware-usbarbitrator.exe |
| Publisher: | VMware, Inc. |
| Product name: | VMware USB Arbitration Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\vmware\usb\vmware-usbarbitrator.exe |
| File version: | 10. 1.14.799535 |
| Product version: | 9.0.0 build-799535 |
| Size: | 702.65 KB (719,512 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | VMware |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“VMware Remote Console is a browser plug-in that you can use with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The VMware Remote Console plug-in enables you to use the Firefox browser to interact with the virtual machine. You can use Mozilla Firefox to open VMware Remote Console and use the guest operating system of a virtual machine. VMware Remote Console opens in a separate window. You can keep VMware Remote Console running even if...”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'VMUSBArbService' (VMware USB Arbitration Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00021505% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009488% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012016% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 42 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,687/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.21 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.91 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.12 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 51.8 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 54.61 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.92 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.92 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,186/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O write transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 54 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 10/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 137 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\vmware\usb\vmware-usbarbitrator.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | VMUSBArbService |
| Display name: | VMware USB Arbitration Service |
| Description: | “Arbitration and enumeration of USB devices for virtual machines” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
57.14% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
28.57% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
14.29% |
|
Distribution by country
Thailand installs about 28.57% of VMware USB Arbitration Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Intel |
40.00% |
|
| Acer |
40.00% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
20.00% |
|
