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WDFME.exe

WD File Management Engine by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)

Remove WDFME.exe
Version:   1, 4, 5, 2
MD5:   b83d5071b32a70bebdb3330bfa7acb80
SHA1:   c98e2a02fae0fa653574411bf1787d298d4b4ce2
SHA256:   152ba162c5f8189d61c1022c1b1f3197da1810c4d0ba87fc1daebf48f4644881

Overview

wdfme.exe runs as a service under the name WD File Management Engine (WDFME) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program WD SmartWare published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:wdfme.exe
Product name:WD File Management Engine
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdfme\wdfme.exe
File version:1, 4, 5, 2
Size:1.02 MB (1,066,896 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
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
10% remove
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 for changes to drive locations. This means that regular backup takes place.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'WDFME' (WD File Management Engine)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00056574%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00026573%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00030001%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:1,718,179 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:6,687,054/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:59.73 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):44.02 MB
Private (minimum):15.38 MB
Non-paged memory:59.73 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:227.45 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):229.74 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:25.76 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):57.11 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:480,693/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:5.57 MB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:16,310/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:83.17 MB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:174,320/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:4.96 MB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:85,162/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:20
12
Handles:434
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdfme\wdfme.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:WDFME
Display name:WD File Management Engine
Description:“WD File Management Engine”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 100.00% of WD File Management Engine.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 100.00%
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