Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You will probably see Western Digital Technologies, Inc. when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Western Digital Technologies, Inc. with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, etc. You can also view the address for Western Digital Technologies, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the Western Digital Technologies, Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Western Digital Technologies, Inc. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/57 | BackupTask.exe |
1/54 | WDBackupEngine.exe |
1/51 | WDBackupEngine.exe |
1/56 | wdbackupengine.exe |
1/57 | WDBackupEngine.exe |
1/55 | WDBackupEngine.exe |
1/69 | BackupTask.exe |
0/45 | WDFME.exe |
0/46 | WDDriveService.exe |
0/54 | WD Drive Unlock.exe |
0/54 | AppManagerLauncher.exe |
0/57 | BackupTask.exe |
0/47 | WDBackupEngine.exe |
0/46 | WDContextMenuHandler.dll |
0/57 | WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe |
0/50 | WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Western Digital Technologies, Inc. files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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APEX | Malicious |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.D40C |
CMC | Trojan.Win32.Monder.2!O |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 6044 scan results for the Western Digital Technologies, Inc. files. 7 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: