Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1.0.4.3	50.00%
1.0.4.3	50.00%

(Note, Western Digital Technologies publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe

WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)

Remove WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe

Version:	1.0.4.3
MD5:	225e5e39141c2ddf525756650c878aa0
SHA1:	48cb251b765451ecbf8a9c5fe3d8d6f1986c277a

Overview

wddriveautounlock.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program WD Security published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	wddriveautounlock.exe
Publisher:	Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Product name:	WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe
Description:	WD Drive Auto Unlock
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\western digital\wd security\wddriveautounlock.exe
File version:	1.0.4.3
Size:	1.62 MB (1,694,080 bytes)
Build date:	4/1/2013 3:41 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	Western Digital Technologies
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, October 11, 2010
Expiration date:	Friday, September 20, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

WD Security

Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

3% remove

WD Drive Utilities and WD Security, are contained within the WD Drive Utilities and the WD Security zip files and installs custom Western Digital software for WD USB and FireWire enabled external hard drives.

Behaviors

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 Security\WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00000163%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000082%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00000082%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	31 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	2.91 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	2.37 MB
Private (minimum):	2.31 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.91 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	84.13 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	93.37 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	2.37 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	8.35 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	28,335/min	2,039/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	127	600
GUI GDI count:	42	103
GUI GDI peak:	44	142
GUI USER count:	16	49
GUI USER peak:	18	71