wddmservice.exe
WDDriveManager.exe by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)
Overview
There are 4 versions of wddmservice.exe in the wild, the latest version being 3, 1, 5, 16. It is started as a Windows Service with the name 'WDDMService' and described as “WD SmartWare Drive Manager”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 263.85 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Western Digital Technologies by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0044% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 5.96 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 8.29 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 37.05 KB per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | wddmservice.exe |
| Publisher: | WDC |
| Product name: | WDDriveManager.exe |
| Description: | WD Drive Manager Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wddmservice.exe |
| Original name: | WDDriveManager.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, October 11, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WDDMService |
| Description: | “WD SmartWare Drive Manager” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of WDDriveManager.exe.)
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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Western Digital also ships WD Smartware with many of its drives for use as backup drives. This software backs up all Documents, Pictures, Movies, Emails, and more on the drive, and continually checks ...
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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The SES Device Driver is the software driver for the Western Digital SES. It is a computer program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the SES device. This software is required in most cases...
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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“WD SmartWare Pro automatic backup software offers an easy way to back up and protect your important files. With a variety of backup options: file/folder, category, scheduled, even cloud backup. WD Sma...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wddmservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
All file variations of wddmservice.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
50.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
16.67% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
16.67% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.67% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of WDDriveManager.exe.
