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
73ff0d23f717366319cd4d18d9af6173
DLL
8bc5a6f5c14759d7d46a0dba67f36df5
DLL
79b9c0ade2cfed6ad1c6c84bc98d5075
DLL
da892b364b9a5c4e391f1a6efa6af33b
DLL
f9e79efa7337fb13e7d5bf9b0d0b58da
DLL
77229d4668d76eb1744250c925d67847
EXE
51ff3a599382fd7853b9712f34456280
EXE
fe1c6c6429834219eae206dbfa98351a
DLL
6cc8a1b4a893bd530f39e12a00fc5dcb
DLL
65071b0bcacc0ad418a12fcdde8d75da