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wddmstatus.exe

WD Drive Manager by Western Digital Technologies Inc. (Signed)

Remove wddmstatus.exe
Version:   3,0,21,0
MD5:   8cc96b19267489c0d3f647711a04f897
SHA1:   1f752b76702d4b33ef66e88ea74819a97bb43f67
SHA256:   79ea3a51deab9c21bee427cea6093e970f5a13c53b34571ad762b05ae96761a8

Overview

wddmstatus.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. 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 Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).

DetailsDetails

File name:wddmstatus.exe
Publisher:WDC
Product name:WD Drive Manager
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wd drive manager\wddmstatus.exe
Original name:WDBtnMgrUI.exe
File version:3,0,21,0
Size:2.02 MB (2,119,488 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Western Digital Technologies Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Expiration date:Sunday, October 10, 2010
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
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BehaviorsBehaviors

User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
  • Shortcut to 'wddmstatus.exe'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00021894%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00011365%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00010529%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:421 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,135,188/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:5.77 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):10.63 MB
Private (minimum):244 KB
Non-paged memory:5.77 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:92.53 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):100.11 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:3.13 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):10.64 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:17,564/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:32.52 MB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:35/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:989 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:35/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:2 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:3
12
Handles:93
600
GUI GDI count:36
103
GUI GDI peak:41
142
GUI USER count:19
49
GUI USER peak:29
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Tray notification:Yes
Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wd drive manager\wddmstatus.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
WDDMStatus.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00037899%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00019371%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00018528%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:2,007,165/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:3/sec
79/sec
Memory:2.03 MB
1.16 MB
MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:0.00005895%
Kernel CPU:0.00003369%
User CPU:0.00002527%
CPU cycles:84,837/sec
Context switches:5/sec
Memory:804 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 100.00%
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