What is the "vds.exe" ? Variant 6863

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 Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Virtueller Datenträgerdienst. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process vds.exe.

Product:: Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows®
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Virtueller Datenträgerdienst
Version:: 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
MD5:: cd88d1b7776dc17a119049742ec07eb4
SHA1:: 0b6f2be7401a4f9b15570ea8441382fde9e5dbef
SHA256:: 6b68b9edb8c6bcb2644f1f004d5743e928509d12107d996f390a24a72e0aa528
Size:: 385536
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
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-09-07 01:33:46
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-04 22:08:28
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-03 20:10:13
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall Antivirus	2016-07-28 10:00:16
avast! Antivirus	2016-07-27 03:15:19
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2015	2016-07-19 08:25:00
ESET Smart Security 9.0.377.1	2016-07-14 15:42:03
G DATA TOTAL PROTECTION	2016-06-22 18:58:42
ZoneAlarm Antivirus	2016-06-16 01:55:26

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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 MikeOne (Variant: 6863)
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

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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