Virtual Box error after creating new VM

I have followed several tutorials thinking I was doing something wrong while installing virtual machines using VirtualBox.

It is important to say that I'm running Virtual Box on Windows 8.1

The problem is that after creating a virtual machine, I get the following error when trying to start it.

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VirtualBox - Error In supR3HardenedWinReSpawn
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Error relaunching VirtualBox VM process: 5<br>Command line: '81954AF5-4D2F-31EB-A142-B7AF187A1C41-suplib-2ndchild --comment Kali --startvm 823fc23c-d310-4972-b3ef-6c40742d89f3 --no-startvm-errormsgbox' (rc=-104)
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Abort   
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I even thought that I could have downloaded a faulty VirtualBox version so I downloaded it again to find out that wasn't problem.

Not only have I tried creating Linux Virtual Machines but Windows virtual machines as well.

I found very little info in google concerning this issue... it is stated that it could be caused by another program such as an antivirus. I have tried uninstalling some programs and disabling my antivirus yet I have found no success.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Your help is much appreciated.


Check this link (https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=62615), where the same issue has been discussed in VirtualBox forums. This appears to be happening in Windows host with certain Antivirus packages. I am putting this up as an answer just because I don't have "Comment" privilege yet!

Note: You haven't mentioned the VirtualBox version you are using (I assume it is the latest verion). But appears downgrading it to a lower version resolves the issue.