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
48f3d8ab2a8562dd7a51af60d1c7c7be
EXE
eacc526f3c380deb071583c8d1ecc3e8
DLL
25e33d57f9a6741d8b911ad78fbe5b30
DLL
e132985f59d4879012c8315bf8059cda
DLL
8d5f60765676e0aa4665cafae0e52729
EXE
bc97f3606ad3b4a9fad7927234813a82
DLL
81b5b94c2b561fcc546d580ca002eab2
DLL
011f2193dffb6d5f65d210e9dc581667
DLL
8a9499f2f8fbaaf17da679b85b95d4be
DLL
24f9d6aa51a0ef4a8bf42fe9faf9473f