Does Genymotion require admin privileges?

Issue

On a Surface Pro 3 with Win8.1, already have VirtualBox 5.0.6 installed (works fine with Linux images), just installed Genymotion 2.5.4.

Every time I try to start Genymotion, it asks for admin privileges to invoke something on VirtualBox. Why does this need admin? Any way to avoid this?

According to Unable to create Genymotion Virtual Device a number of people think it shouldn't and I can't find any reference on Genymotion's website that they need admin.

Solution

The admin privilege appears when Genymotion creates or configure network interfaces though VirtualBox. This network configuration is unfortunately mandatory for the software to work correctly.

The last changes on Windows and VBox obliges us to do it more frequently so that's the reason why you see it each time you start the program.

Answered By - eyal-lezmy