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
de3890ea00db4dc72b2519a8a103f709
DLL
c267c614fe08cfc5ba4524cbe8486786
EXE
7eacfeafe2a1a80b5046ae10b052e91f
EXE
43d4e467f38a82588e8ee3291ec05fc8
EXE
b2b44dea431bb70595af339f594dd2bb
DLL
49a65d8e367d2f2c4e20165aae2490fc
DLL
1fc9c371776b2a6d383fd069d62450ac
DLL
4e9af885755c6fcf65f7b8a5e018e76d
DLL
afa0e88277971953405c8c7e9e96ae69
DLL
19f6f8736f89c0d828ebd229e0a5da56