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
4bc2b21d020db4ee1eedfd3c72e3abc7
DLL
c2b61da530b66d5fd821f0cf8174c92f
DLL
7247f8795a349c45b4f6db0de657e646
DLL
e406bd7e76594bd0bced1b9f4ba88d2f
DLL
868896891d60a06148e26ecfa40c81b4
DLL
faa091f0add413dac21bd0381e5e6859
DLL
65bab25e5bbd9bbe7f1e957e776858f6
DLL
4fd20600ad27a7cb96786ef7b9dc7868
DLL
ff3d5598ccb7f9dba821e420696ad330
DLL
a29decbe9f2c452fab950fbcb7918a9c