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What is vmware-authd.exe? VMware Authorization Service?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.vmware.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Vmware-authd.exe belongs to VMWare and provides security features.

vmware-authd.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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vmware-authd.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
vmware-authd.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa88207f71c20f9c92d824e2497f864cc 11/10/2018 7:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 93 KB
2 Status 0x94aaf1ca2002984c97c502a28e0c8460 11/20/2017 9:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 92 KB
3 Status 0x1014531bc5b8c5c0f25282b83bc74607 11/19/2017 9:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 87 KB
4 Status 0x0375a6aaac9d617e192bba8cf2808956 6/6/2017 12:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 95 KB
5 Status 0x6e2a1f47cdce00bf0a975dfffdf329f4 3/26/2017 1:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 96 KB
6 Status 0xbd00a8cfb76e6bb0e89db191e3712528 10/25/2016 8:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 85 KB
7 Status 0x5f9cbd6d40e32caeb55db4a0799eba72 4/9/2016 4:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 87 KB
8 Status 0x3accf0c817a2bb34efbfb72b57b00252 2/6/2016 7:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 78 KB
9 Status 0xe72dca96ff461bd94cb432eb1aab24e5 12/14/2015 3:53:00 PM Unknown 6.0.0 build-45731 VMware Authorization Service 106 KB
10 Status 0x7d2f9c1d614644ac0439195973325596 9/3/2015 7:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 77 KB
11 Status 0xcd52f26bd7cdd798265d697cbe23a511 3/26/2015 5:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 85 KB
12 Status 0xeb928325e916c3a55ac2840bc4029cfb 2/9/2015 11:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 85 KB
13 Status 0xa942813405c51998dd2c2b86a08394d5 1/20/2015 4:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 78 KB
14 Status 0x1aa9c2331234786211a261c8fc69eb25 1/20/2015 12:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 84 KB
15 Status 0xd07589e4434bd14e192aced6c398b0cb 12/19/2014 3:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 84 KB
16 Status 0x83c92f09c507bf8c2e2bed71f7b04a29 12/4/2014 2:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 84 KB
17 Status 0x2562943b90afa9829097fb4274276d1d 11/5/2014 11:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 84 KB
18 Status 0x1562a089b46c821487aff8d01ee5547e 10/17/2014 3:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 78 KB
19 Status 0x11dcd7a2a0b1f8532b80f5aa98f9903e 9/28/2014 4:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 110 KB
20 Status 0x7171b884da8bfb1ce5c8bae46d993cb1 8/24/2014 8:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 78 KB
21 Status 0xccdb9eb785868dc87dab204d3015ba42 7/15/2014 12:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 110 KB
22 Status 0x549cd7035f5cf5cee4de11539c9715f4 2/15/2014 6:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 84 KB
23 Status 0xc740cc9d52eb278a86f42075da96cb19 3/29/2013 10:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 85 KB
24 Status 0x5edac80df8331675e22261f87b38f3f8 11/21/2012 2:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 110 KB
25 Status 0x06eda0f4f1c7208216e9c81aafb1a075 11/17/2012 11:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown VMware Authorization Service 110 KB


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