Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
NVMCTRAY.dll
NVIDIA Media Center Library by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.14.12.7533 |
| MD5: | e8ded21534a07e50d092dd513ff6a3a9 |
| SHA1: | 6698bd4dafeae90374ebfab8e3b935df1acf2a82 |
| SHA256: | 374c62a74952b04d420ffeddd9c51ac550f78990cd42a1cb6edb954fa6de64a5 |
What is NVMCTRAY.dll?
nvmctray.dll (NVIDIA Media Center Library) loads into nvtray.exe NVIDIA Settings is the program that runs in the notification area system tray.
Overview
nvmctray.dll executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program NVIDIA Graphics Driver 275.33 published by NVIDIA Corporation. The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | nvmctray.dll |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Media Center Library |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvmctray.dll |
| File version: | 6.14.12.7533 |
| Size: | 108.6 KB (111,208 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, August 6, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 5.230648 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
The NVIDIA Graphics Driver is the software driver for NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required in most cases for the hardware device to function properly. In most cases, drivers come with Windows or can be found by going to Windows Update in Control Panel and checking for updates as well as downloaded from the NVIDIA support website. This...
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'NvMediaCenter' → RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 48001
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005987% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001166% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004821% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.23 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.23 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 8.21 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.23 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 45.19 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 58.42 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.23 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 10.84 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,689/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 22 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: | 7 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 81 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 19 | |
| GUI USER count: | 7 | |
Process properties
| Tray notification: | Yes |
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" C:\Windows\System32\nvmctray.dll,nvtaskbarinit |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
35.56% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
24.44% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
22.22% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
8.89% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
4.44% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.22% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
2.22% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of NVIDIA Media Center Library.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.57% |
|
| ASUS |
28.57% |
|
| Intel |
28.57% |
|
| Acer |
14.29% |
|
