What is the "vds.exe" ? Variant 2949859

Our database contains 300 different files for filename vds.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the vds.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name vds.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Virtual Disk Service. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 2 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process vds.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Virtual Disk Service
Version:: 6.1.7601.17514
MD5:: 8d6b481601d01a456e75c3210f1830be
SHA1:: 3b513b3cf3ed7b5bc248403a87d0ab9322af8213
SHA256:: a2cef483f4231367138eef7e67fd5be5364fc0780c44ca1368e36ce4aa3d0633
Size:: 533504
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
360 Total Security	2016-09-07 22:13:22
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-07 17:16:05
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-07 02:04:11
G DATA TOTAL PROTECTION	2016-09-07 00:46:46
Kaspersky Internet Security	2016-09-06 12:46:44
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.402.0	2016-09-06 08:41:57
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-06 06:37:12

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Is the Process "vds.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.

Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

Filename "vds.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

User Reviews of the "vds.exe"

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SAFErating from user SD-564L for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (Variant: 677352)
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SAFErating from user Rainman for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe

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Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe"

SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (Variant: 46645442)
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SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (Variant: 46645442)
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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (Variant: 18988977)
VDS (Virtual disk service) is a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that provides a single interface for managing disks. More info on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739923(v=ws.10).aspx :
"VDS provides three interfaces: a single interface between the application layer and the service, and two interfaces between the service and provider programs in the data layer. VDS coordinates with the file-system functions, synchronizes provider activities, and coordinates between applications. Being between the application and provider, VDS presents uniform functionality to applications even though some of the underlying providers might lack such uniformity..."
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (Variant: 19190685)
VDS (Virtual disk service) is a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that provides a single interface for managing disks. More info on www.microsoft.com
SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe