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
40922f91004df687facaf24659545588
DLL
2c1156ddf5fab73c35ffe3bb9b17839a
DLL
059b039a5709098db5e3e02ab9132344
DLL
5cad5792bb209694db6e36baa2ca83ea
DLL
654eaedc85960d66d6d31855640b3a5f
DLL
03a23a2a24e63e9d18fca6173760dccf
DLL
4cc70e72dd907e994e16faa9f2451934
DLL
5e8e81170731f5521bf540e5e374b011
DLL
4ce74611dd02c2ce1f9b0448a913bf31
DLL
0203e8b7969c182ed757e87b75ccf82c