WDSmartWare.exe
WD SmartWare by Western Digital Technologies Inc. (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of wdsmartware.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.4.1.1. wdsmartware.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. When the program is installed, it will add a shortcut pointer in the Start Menu which will execute the file as a process upon a user login. The average file size is about 5.57 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Western Digital Technologies Inc. by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program WD SmartWare from Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0002% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 120.57 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 132.05 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 324.09 KB per minute for reads and 17.95 KB per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | wdsmartware.exe |
| Publisher: | Western Digital |
| Product name: | WD SmartWare |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdsmartware.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, October 10, 2010 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of WD SmartWare.)
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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 ...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wdsmartware.exe, select a unique version for details.)
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'wdsmartware.exe'
Scheduled tasks
- The task '{C06DF1ED-36D0-443D-B8FB-F92AFE6C11CB}' runs on registration in the path '\{C06DF1ED-36D0-443D-B8FB-F92AFE6C11CB}'
All file variations of wdsmartware.exe
