Vmware-hostd.exe Detected As Potentially Malicious

egokcen

Yet another oddity: The firewall says that C:\Program Files\VMware Workstation\vmware-hostd.exe has been detected as potentially malicious and blocked because Bitdefender thinks this application's behavior can harm my computer. It's a fresh 9.0.1 install, never had any issues with it. I'm not using it right now, and I doubt I will ever be able to use it with Bitdefender based on this message.

Two glitches in a row; well, my future doesn't look too bright with Bitdefender.

werby3

Hi,

On Antivirus settings there is a tab called "Exclusions". Go there and see...

Also on Firewall settings there is the "Advanced" tab and you can control IDS behavior.

Regards

Georgia

Hello,

Please make these changes in the Firewall module:

http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=35496

also create rules for all VMware processes:

http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=36066

Thank you!