How to remove an WDDMService error

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WDDMService.exe file information

The process known as WD Drive Manager Service belongs to software WD Drive Manager or WDDriveManager.exe or WD SmartWare Drive Manager by WDC (www.wdc.com).

Description: WDDMService.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 110,592 bytes (45% of all occurrences), 288,768 bytes and 9 more variants.
The program has no visible window. File WDDMService.exe is not a Windows core file. Program can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. Therefore the technical security rating is 28% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You can uninstall the program WD SmartWare or WD SmartWare Drive Manager, update it, or ask the software vendor for help. Go to www.wdc.com to update it, go to www.support.wdc.com to contact the vendor, or go to WD SmartWare or WD SmartWare Drive Manager in Windows Control Panel (section Software or Programs) to uninstall it.

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as WDDMService.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the WDDMService.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

I believe this a manager for my Western Digital External Drive
Paul E. Zetterholm

Part of Western Digital's SmartWare for their external USB drives. It's /way/ too "chatty" for my liking, though. All it should be doing is checking for software/driver updates, but it doesn't need to phone home every few seconds just to do that.

Summary: Average user rating of WDDMService.exe: based on 4 votes with 2 reviews.

1 user think WDDMService.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger. 1 user think WDDMService.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it.

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