said by RobNyc:Yep VMWare was closed, even rebooted the machine same error.
Closing the application does not stop the daemon (which by default starts running when you boot the computer up). I would check in /Library/LaunchDaemons for anything referencing VMWare. Also, I would check /Library/LaunchAgents, and /Library/StartupItems as well as the user equivalents: ~/Library/xxx. If you find aything simply pull it to another folder and then restart the computer.