Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Western Digital Technologies publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
WDBackupEngine.exe
WD SmartWare by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)
| Version: | 2.0.0.15 |
| MD5: | d1cbaf2ba27e8cd3b696a47fdc2c81a5 |
| SHA1: | 2a7e020180a75a0c2772632175883661cc646270 |
| SHA256: | f772b0573ec57dff5d4dedc34665dc0aac2b915a7daaeba9c8925a979341cc8b |
Overview
wdbackupengine.exe runs as a service under the name WDBackup (WDBackup) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including WD SmartWare published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., WD SmartWare from Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and WD SmartWare by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | wdbackupengine.exe |
| Publisher: | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
| Product name: | WD SmartWare |
| Description: | WD Backup Engine |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wdbackupengine.exe |
| File version: | 2.0.0.15 |
| Size: | 1018.37 KB (1,042,808 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/19/2013 6:47 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, October 11, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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“WD SmartWare™ software is an easy-to-use backup application that gives you the power to protect your data automatically—Relax! Your data is safe. Automatic, continuous backup instantly makes a second copy whenever you add or change a file. Bring back lost files effortlessly—Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you have lost everything, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file. Customize your backup, ...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- WDBackup
- 'WDBackup' (WD Backup)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00023733% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00017605% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006128% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 95,660 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,317,495/sec | |
| Context switches: | 11/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 46.56 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 44.4 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 19.81 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 46.56 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 242.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 261.03 MB | |
| Working set: | 27.51 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 47.93 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,080,154/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 907.03 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 72/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2.42 MB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 38/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 17.94 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 616/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 598 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wdbackupengine.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WDBackup |
| Display name: | WDBackup |
| Description: | “WD SmartWare Backup Engine” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| WDBackupEngine.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 1.01845169% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.52340773% | |
| User CPU: | 0.49504396% | |
| CPU cycles: | 28,942,867/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.02 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.03903301% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00780084% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03123217% | |
| CPU cycles: | 970,382/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00031148% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00021028% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010119% | |
| CPU cycles: | 24,886/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
21.05% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
15.79% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.79% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.79% |
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| Windows 8 |
10.53% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
10.53% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
5.26% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.26% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 55.56% of WD SmartWare.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
33.33% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
25.00% |
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| Lenovo |
16.67% |
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| Toshiba |
16.67% |
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| Acer |
4.17% |
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| American Megatrends |
4.17% |
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