What is WD Security?

WD Security is software application developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 48.92% of installations running this operating system. WD Security's installer is typically 13.00 MB in size and installs around 34 files. The most common release is 1.0.3.3 with 23.54% of all installations currently using this version.

WD Security is most popular in the United States with 57.77% of installations residing in this country.

WD Security adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About WD Security?

The WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are included in the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security zip files, and are designed to install customized Western Digital software for WD USB and FireWire-enabled external hard drives. These tools enable users to manage and secure their external hard drives with ease and convenience.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F7D1A8DB-D19A-4AE9-9370-B0E7FCB28B2D}' (runs on registration).
  • WDSecurity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{06277855-69FF-4D51-8517-90D82E27106A}' (runs on registration).
  • WDDriveSecurity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D51EF795-C380-4FBF-A78D-88BAAEE6AFEA}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WD Drive Unlocker_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.

Software Details

URL:
https://support.wdc.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Security\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{83270912-15C7-4336-822E-E8F1B1BBCA60}
Size:
13.00 MB
Language:
English

WD Security Executable Details

Primary executable:
WDDriveSecurity.exe
Name:
WD Security
Path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Security\WDDriveSecurity.exe
MD5:
48f3d8ab2a8562dd7a51af60d1c7c7be
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by WD Security
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
f3b548598ffbb19c56844029e9b3301e
DLL
a214f0571d8eddbc4e385a8ff14b0422
DLL
92bd10be16ef124ba15a9d752b4723a1
DLL
d87857691941791763f96ef9fd6979d9
DLL
209d087fcd876d4670d4d520d46d0431
DLL
44744cd47a9ffc4c188457dba6a2cd3a
DLL
9cd631a897931f2d45cc5204b740c42f
DLL
dac0d08a2f0d8ba0ffb333e6064f6d0a
DLL
e2407eff913538a1a4b230f624d1ac91
EXE
610fa1c3ebdd079c86c32eef213733fc