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WDFME.exe
WD File Management Engine by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)
Version: | 1, 5, 1, 1 |
MD5: | bb9d012a82f66e08d2e235a53b0eba40 |
SHA1: | 7c5960c9fe7f98f4791254ed1be3a9cb2c7c0c8a |
SHA256: | 977c5420e1123308ac70dc285e72053be9cdb7f46f5f685a77d70a039618352b |
Overview
wdfme.exe runs as a service under the name WDFME (WDFMEService) 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: | wdfme.exe |
Publisher: | Western Digital |
Product name: | WD File Management Engine |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wdfme.exe |
File version: | 1, 5, 1, 1 |
Size: | 1.89 MB (1,978,256 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Western Digital Technologies |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Monday, October 11, 2010 |
Expiration date: | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
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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Western Digital also ships WD Smartware with many of its drives for use as backup drives. This software backs up all Documents, Pictures, Movies, Emails, and more on the drive, and continually checks for changes to drive locations. This means that regular backup takes place.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00001706% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000265% | |
User CPU: | 0.00001441% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 109 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 3,972/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 38.51 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 35.45 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 3.94 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 38.51 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 554.84 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 558.94 MB | |
Working set: | 8.41 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 37.03 MB | |
Page faults: | 18,044/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 17 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 6 | |
Handles: | 251 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wdfme.exe" |
Owner: | SYSTEM |
Windows Service |
Service name: | WDFMEService |
Display name: | WDFME |
Description: | “WD SmartWare File Management Engine” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
WDFME.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.00005164% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00001215% | |
User CPU: | 0.00003949% | |
CPU cycles: | 1,465/sec | |
Memory: | 2.1 MB | |
sechost.dll (Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs by Microsoft) |
Total CPU: | 0.00000911% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000911% | |
CPU cycles: | 346/sec | |
Memory: | 124 KB | |
clr.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00000304% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000304% | |
CPU cycles: | 41/sec | |
Memory: | 9.39 MB | |
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 |
50.00% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
50.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of WD File Management Engine.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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