The vmwareservice.exe process is also known as the VMware Tools Service. It belongs to the VMwareService and it is owned by VMware. There is minimal information gathered regarding this process. The process is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. It is located within the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. The process makes use of ports in order to connect to a LAN network or the Internet. This process is able to monitor applications, record inputs, hide itself and manipulate other programs. The process contains a security rating of 90% dangerous, which makes it highly risky according to the users; it is generally more if the user executes this process under vigilant conditions within his or her computer system; in order to reduce any potential threats to the user’s computer system, the user needs to be aware of the possibilities that this process may contain some possible infections, such as Trojans, adware, worm, and any other potential infections (which makes this process vulnerable to virus writers) that needs to be aware of, as well taking necessary measures which can be performed whenever this program is being operated in order to utilize the security for the user’s computer system. It may be advisable to keep this program operating and not terminating it as terminating it might cause the computer system to behave in an unorthodox manner.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. vmwareservice.exe. is used by Vmware Tools Service, If you shut down vmwareservice.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop vmwareservice.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Vmware Tools Service, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed vmwareservice.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Vmware Tools Service, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if vmwareservice.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that vmwareservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Vmware Tools Service