Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1.0.0.3	12.50%
1.0.0.3	75.00%
1.0.0.3	12.50%

(Note, Western Digital Technologies publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe

WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)

Remove WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe

Version:	1.0.0.3
MD5:	51e86c2b0530e37597b21c0564b3fa76
SHA1:	aba1846bcbb398bf2154a1b99a43a4ec26f45570
SHA256:	dee24199cbf76b2ccbd2ac398a0de06be566965412aa1616d0864ba419e0655c

Overview

wddriveautounlock.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including WD Security published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., WD Security from Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	wddriveautounlock.exe
Publisher:	Western Digital
Product name:	WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe
Description:	WD Drive Auto Unlock
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\western digital\wd apps\wddriveautounlock.exe
File version:	1.0.0.3
Size:	1.61 MB (1,688,008 bytes)
Build date:	6/14/2012 1:52 AM
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
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

WD Security

Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

3% remove

WD Drive Utilities and WD Security, are contained within the WD Drive Utilities and the WD Security zip files and installs custom Western Digital software for WD USB and FireWire enabled external hard drives.

SES Driver

Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

3% remove

The SES Device Driver is the software driver for the Western Digital SES. It is a computer program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the SES device. This software is required in most cases for the hardware device to function properly and is included with the Western Digital SES. In most cases, drivers come with Windows or can be found by going to Windows Update in Control Panel and checking for updates as well as downloaded ...

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'WD Drive Unlocker' → C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Apps\WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00002818%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001081%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00001737%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	3,775 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	4,721,351/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	81/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	5.07 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	6 MB
Private (minimum):	2.51 MB
Non-paged memory:	5.07 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	86.49 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	88.2 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	4.48 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.91 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,449,942/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	29.68 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1,511/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	13.77 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	168/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	115	600
GUI GDI count:	38	103
GUI GDI peak:	43	142
GUI USER count:	14	49
GUI USER peak:	16	71