Hello @scott28tt , sorry for posting this help request here but I did not know where else to put it in order to get some help from people who definitely know VMware products more than me...

That being said, how could I contact someone from VMware in order to get some help to resolve this issue (or, hopefully, just a confirmation that Defender is seeing these files as a false positive)?

Also, has anybody who has had my same issue found a solution? I tried to scan my system again with both Malwarebytes and Kaspesky and they did not find any thread, but you can never be too sure I guess...

also @tjsk did you managed to find a solution to your problem?

Thanks to anybody who will reply and try to help!