WDSC.exe

WD Shadow Copy Service by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)

Remove WDSC.exe
Version:   1, 4, 1, 1
MD5:   517de2c5568cba6b2a24a557ac60c30b
SHA1:   59ecdb62c3d4cb8769214aceef8f5daf546718d5
SHA256:   608afbf7c06f9eb7071e242b494f93c9e49b02ad9a8f8fc04eb118405be59704

Overview

wdsc.exe runs as a service under the name WD File Management Shadow Engine (WDSC) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program WD SmartWare published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:wdsc.exe
Product name:WD Shadow Copy Service
Description:WD Shadow Copy
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdsc.exe
File version:1, 4, 1, 1
Size:480.39 KB (491,920 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

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)
  • 'WDSC' (WD File Management Shadow Engine)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00051088%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00009665%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00041423%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:39 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:503,088/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:26.9 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):21.07 MB
Private (minimum):2.52 MB
Non-paged memory:26.9 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:497.55 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):506.51 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.72 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):21.79 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:6,882/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:7.67 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:5.99 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:4.52 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:84/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:244
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

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

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
WDSC.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00146047%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00009807%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00136240%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:33,101/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:484 KB
1.16 MB
mscorwks.dll
Total CPU:0.00058043%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00058043%
CPU cycles:5,366/sec
Memory:9.61 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00019311%
Kernel CPU:0.00019311%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:5,474/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
clr.dll
Total CPU:0.00000608%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00000608%
CPU cycles:119/sec
Memory:9.39 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

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 Shadow Copy Service.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 100.00%
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