WDDriveService.exe
WDDriveService.exe by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)
Overview
There are 6 versions of wddriveservice.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.6.0.10. It is started as a Windows Service called 'WDDriveService' with the name 'WDDriveService' and described as “Provides discovery of WD Drives”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 242.44 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Western Digital Technologies by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0039% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 9.92 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 14.28 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 77.25 KB per minute.
Details |
File name: | wddriveservice.exe |
Publisher: | Western Digital |
Product name: | WDDriveService.exe |
Description: | WD Drive Service |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd drive manager\wddriveservice.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
Windows Service |
Service name: | WDDriveService |
Display name: | WDDriveService |
Description: | “Provides discovery of WD Drives” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wddriveservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- WDDriveService
- 'WDDriveService' (WD Drive Manager)
All file variations of wddriveservice.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.78% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
26.09% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
13.04% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.70% |
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Windows 8 |
8.70% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
8.70% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 65.22% of WDDriveService.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
ASUS |
40.00% |
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Acer |
16.00% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
16.00% |
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Dell |
16.00% |
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Sony |
8.00% |
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GIGABYTE |
4.00% |
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