WDSC.exe
WD Shadow Copy Service by Western Digital Technologies (Signed)
Version: | 1, 4, 1, 1 |
MD5: | 517de2c5568cba6b2a24a557ac60c30b |
SHA1: | 59ecdb62c3d4cb8769214aceef8f5daf546718d5 |
SHA256: | 608afbf7c06f9eb7071e242b494f93c9e49b02ad9a8f8fc04eb118405be59704 |
Overview
wdsc.exe runs as a service under the name WD File Management Shadow Engine (WDSC) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program WD SmartWare published 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: | wdsc.exe |
Product name: | WD Shadow Copy Service |
Description: | WD Shadow Copy |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdsc.exe |
File version: | 1, 4, 1, 1 |
Size: | 480.39 KB (491,920 bytes) |
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 program 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
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'WDSC' (WD File Management Shadow Engine)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00051088% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00009665% | |
User CPU: | 0.00041423% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 39 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 503,088/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 26.9 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 21.07 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 2.52 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 26.9 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 497.55 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 506.51 MB | |
Working set: | 2.72 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 21.79 MB | |
Page faults: | 6,882/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 7.67 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 5.99 KB/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 4.52 KB/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 84/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 9 | |
Handles: | 244 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdsc.exe" |
Owner: | SYSTEM |
Windows Service |
Service name: | WDSC |
Display name: | WD File Management Shadow Engine |
Description: | “WD File Management Shadow Engine” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
WDSC.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.00146047% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00009807% | |
User CPU: | 0.00136240% | |
CPU cycles: | 33,101/sec | |
Memory: | 484 KB | |
mscorwks.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00058043% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00058043% | |
CPU cycles: | 5,366/sec | |
Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
ntdll.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00019311% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00019311% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
CPU cycles: | 5,474/sec | |
Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
clr.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00000608% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000608% | |
CPU cycles: | 119/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 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of WD Shadow Copy Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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