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VMwareTray.exe

VMwareTray.exe was added to FreeFixer's database on 8th February 2008. The most recent search for this file was done on 1st October 2011. VMwareTray.exe is located in the 'C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\' folder and has a size of 55856 bytes.

So far there have been 18 searches for VMwareTray.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on VMwareTray.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameVMware Tools Tray
Company nameVMware, Inc.
File descriptionVMwareTray
Internal nameVMwareTray
Original filenameVMwareTray.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1998-2007 VMware, Inc.
Product version5.5.5 build-56455
File version5.5.5 build-56455

Digital signatures [?]

This file has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameVMware, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number6aa457551364935fe8b0e788ce89b712

VirusTotal report

1 of the 36 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the file. For more details, please read the full report here.
1 of the 36 anti-virus programs detected the file.

What will you do with VMwareTray.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what other users chose to do with VMwareTray.exe:

Votes
Keep100 %
9
Remove0 %
0

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ff971b42be843b6eb92046c66e307c32
SHA256615fe97cc565401681ddab48e5754d6e750b8ffb0daf8ecd1728324fdbffd1f0

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

6 thumbs

This file is part of the VMWare tools application. It is usually installed in the guest operating system.

# 5 Jan 2009, 7:41

Roger Karlsson writes

1 thumb

PrevX reports this as "Heuristic: Suspicious Self Modifying File" which I think is incorrect. VMwareTray.exe is a legitimate file that comes with the VMWare Workstation software.

# 21 Jun 2011, 13:06

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