WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe
WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)
Overview
There are 3 versions of wddriveautounlock.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.0.0.3. wddriveautounlock.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 1.61 MB. 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 0.0004% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.17 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 5.91 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 25.24 KB per minute.
 Details
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| File name: | wddriveautounlock.exe |
| Publisher: | Western Digital |
| Product name: | WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe |
| Description: | WD Drive Auto Unlock |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd apps\wddriveautounlock.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, October 11, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wddriveautounlock.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'WD Drive Unlocker' → C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Apps\WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe
All file variations of wddriveautounlock.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
37.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
12.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
12.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 62.50% of WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
36.36% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
27.27% |
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| Sony |
18.18% |
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| Toshiba |
18.18% |
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