VirtualBox

Opened 14 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

#6615 closed defect (obsolete)

Starting and stopping a VM leaves leftover VirtualBox.exe processes

Reported by: Bill Evans Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 3.1.6
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Windows

Description (last modified by Frank Mehnert)

Each time I start a VM, a new VirtualBox.exe process is started. However, when the VM is shutdown, the previously created process does not go away. Instead, it seems to become a zombie process. The next time I start the VM, a new VirtualBox.exe process gets created. As a result, these zombie VirtualBox.exe processes accumulate until the computer is rebooted.

Running VirtualBox 3.1.6 on a Windows XP Pro SP3 host with all patches current

The attached file shows a process list with 4 VirtualBox.exe processes active. The first one is an active Ubuntu 10.04 guest VM. The 2nd-4th VirtualBox.exe processes are leftovers from starting and stopping an XP Pro SP3 guest multiple times.

Attachments (6)

VBoxZombies.pdf (90.1 KB ) - added by Bill Evans 14 years ago.
Process List
VBox Process Anomoly - Part1.pdf (370.8 KB ) - added by Bill Evans 14 years ago.
Screen shots - Part 1.
VBox Process Anomoly - Part2.pdf (266.2 KB ) - added by Bill Evans 14 years ago.
Screen shots - Part 2.
VBox.log (69.3 KB ) - added by Bill Evans 14 years ago.
VBox.log
VBox.log.1 (69.4 KB ) - added by Bill Evans 14 years ago.
VBox.log
VBox.log.2 (69.2 KB ) - added by Bill Evans 14 years ago.
VBox.log

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Change History (10)

by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

Attachment: VBoxZombies.pdf added

Process List

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Guest type: Windowsother
Host type: otherWindows

Please attach a VBox.log file of a VM session which you started and which you shut down but which process didn't go away.

comment:2 by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

See attached files containing requested info.

by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

Screen shots - Part 1.

by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

Screen shots - Part 2.

by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

Attachment: VBox.log added

VBox.log

by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

Attachment: VBox.log.1 added

VBox.log

by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

Attachment: VBox.log.2 added

VBox.log

comment:3 by Bill Evans, 14 years ago

This may be an issue with the "View Active Process List" utility in Comodo firewall rather than an issue with VirtualBox.

When I run the Process Explorer utility from Sysinternals (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) the "zombie" VirtualBox.exe processes shown by the Comodo "View Active Process List" feature are no longer displayed.

It appears that Comodo's process view utility may be showing information for processes that have already terminated. I have reported this issue to the vendor of Comodo firewall.

Sorry for possibly wasting your time.

comment:4 by Frank Mehnert, 9 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Resolution: obsolete
Status: newclosed
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