What is vboxusbmon.sys?

vboxusbmon.sys is part of Oracle VM VirtualBox and developed by Oracle Corporation according to the vboxusbmon.sys version information.

vboxusbmon.sys's description is "VirtualBox USB Monitor Driver"

vboxusbmon.sys is digitally signed by Oracle Corporation.

vboxusbmon.sys is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about vboxusbmon.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on vboxusbmon.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameOracle VM VirtualBox
Company nameOracle Corporation
File descriptionVirtualBox USB Monitor Driver
Internal nameVBoxUSBMon.sys
Original filenameVBoxUSBMon.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009-2012 Oracle Corporation
Product version4.1.20.r80170
File version4.1.20.80170

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameOracle VM VirtualBox
Company nameOracle Corporation
File descriptionVirtualBox USB Monitor Driver
Internal nameVBoxUSBMon.sys
Original filenameVBoxUSBMon.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009-2012 Oracle Corpo..
Product version4.1.20.r80170
File version4.1.20.80170

Digital signatures [?]

vboxusbmon.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameOracle Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number519bd967f908015521a20c0e9316f489

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vboxusbmon.sys file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the vboxusbmon.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD514eb14d8fc182c0d1cf82220025486b5
SHA25607965a29b4667c2a95343e0cfcb8bc21f2c7099849c4d8ab488c948e811311b7

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with vboxusbmon.sys. 90% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 31 users.

User vote results: There were 28 votes to remove and 3 votes to keep

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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.

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