Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Parent process
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WDSmartWare.exe
WD SmartWare by Western Digital Technologies Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.2.0.8 |
| MD5: | 602161f02ed7e8c293652ad6b0f415ae |
| SHA1: | 6c85f89a5cc433008f8ad4b3cf90a52965054584 |
| SHA256: | 0f7c9b479ec5ce4b835bc4832d8dc87cdbca9b311720d4b7c76195418573c13a |
Overview
wdsmartware.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. 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 Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| 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 |
| File version: | 1.2.0.8 |
| Size: | 8.7 MB (9,117,504 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, October 10, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
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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 for changes to drive locations. This means that regular backup takes place.
Behaviors
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}'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00016279% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001134% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00015145% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,042 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,873,839/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 120.57 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 132.05 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.99 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 120.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 736.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 893.59 MB | |
| Working set: | 31.28 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 227.57 MB | |
| Page faults: | 340,246/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 324.09 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 168/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 17.95 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 171/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2.64 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 270/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 21 | |
| Handles: | 749 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 290 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 777 | |
| GUI USER count: | 264 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 264 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| WDSmartWare.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00533020% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00090942% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00442079% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,226,075/sec | |
| Context switches: | 95/sec | |
| Memory: | 8.71 MB | |
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00024765% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004718% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00020047% | |
| CPU cycles: | 450,743/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000842% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000842% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 32,694/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of WD SmartWare.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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