What is WD SmartWare?

WD SmartWare is software application developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.97% of installations running this operating system. WD SmartWare's installer is typically 23.00 MB in size and installs around 115 files. The most common release is 1.4.5.5 with 20.09% of all installations currently using this version.

WD SmartWare is most popular in the United States with 61.13% of installations residing in this country.

WD SmartWare adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, WD SmartWare is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About WD SmartWare?

Western Digital includes WD SmartWare software with many of its drives to serve as a reliable backup solution. This software automatically backs up all types of files, including documents, pictures, movies, and emails, to the drive and monitors for any changes in file locations. This ensures that regular and ongoing backups are performed seamlessly.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • WDRulesEngine.exe runs as a service named 'WDRules' (WDRulesService) "WD SmartWare Rules Engine".
  • WDFME.exe runs as a service named 'WDFME' (WDFMEService) "WD SmartWare File Management Engine".
  • WDDMService.exe runs as a service named 'WDDMService' (WDDMService) "WD SmartWare Drive Manager".
  • WDBackupEngine.exe runs as a service named 'WD Backup' (WDBackup) "WD SmartWare Backup Engine".
Firewall:
  • WDSmartWare.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\Front Parlor\WDSmartWare.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • WDSmartWare.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7EC904D3-9FBF-4D18-8F96-CD8B0B04029E}' (runs on registration).
  • WDDMStatus.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9F5930D5-79DE-42C2-95F4-D7E06DB1006C}' (runs on registration).
  • WD Quick Formatter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{204947D0-DD09-4DC5-B883-6015F95BA1FF}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://support.wdc.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{22A51951-1F45-4C8A-B888-306527F9C45F}
Size:
23.00 MB
Language:
English

WD SmartWare Executable Details

Primary executable:
WDSmartWare.exe
Name:
WD SmartWare
Path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\WDSmartWare.exe
MD5:
90eb4a3bb08928142abb9955a0abc365
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by WD SmartWare
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
2f59b2a7bf14d3bc220c416c74b586cb
DLL
1f7b9c921f1a758d8a6b1b3940038d60
EXE
f95ab8a9bce8b74f56a26c0031524461
DLL
049bd479320dbbf535c371c854fa3889
EXE
3d60d9fc0ecc2070707b001a72a52c02
DLL
f916412c0836234cca94e21c1020dc10
DLL
f5e5298a5f6f01b6d238bfabfb7126e2
DLL
d86ff1f0e6c44e928b9cf93712a38607
DLL
ba079c5f2244b1e0efc687c8aa9f0212
DLL
aa8b15db9240082b9f5ee8bd7d940d2b