Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(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)
| Version: | 1.0.0.3 |
| MD5: | 610fa1c3ebdd079c86c32eef213733fc |
| SHA1: | bc3010e94503bdba610281fb79c59a8708ed2170 |
| SHA256: | 50878e2125636e894ff36263c23249524119a235d77968fbe91810531453794d |
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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including WD Drive Utilities published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and 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 |
| Product name: | WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe |
| Description: | WD Drive Auto Unlock |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd apps\wddriveautounlock.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.3 |
| Size: | 1.61 MB (1,687,968 bytes) |
| 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 programs will install this file
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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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. WD Drive Utilities software allows you to configure, manage, and diagnose your WD drive.
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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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 Apps\WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005509% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002476% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003033% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 281 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,309,781/sec | |
| Context switches: | 12/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.8 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.03 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 212 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.8 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 91.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 94.98 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.97 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.01 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,114,469/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 16.37 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 834/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 7.6 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 554/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 155 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 40 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 42 | |
| GUI USER count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 16 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\western digital\wd apps\wddriveautounlock.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
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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