Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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Relationships
Parent process
Related files
NVNetworkService.exe
NVIDIA Network Service by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1"."0"."0"."1 |
| MD5: | 1c7c6d7481cabd4ef38a81f5b68f02e8 |
| SHA1: | 084b1654cec4df67e4ad04ef5f3c098ceabad968 |
Overview
nvnetworkservice.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Network Service (NvNetworkService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | nvnetworkservice.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Network Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\netservice\nvnetworkservice.exe |
| File version: | 1"."0"."0"."1 |
| Size: | 1.43 MB (1,494,304 bytes) |
| Build date: | 12/6/2013 10:09 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'NvNetworkService' (NVIDIA Network Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00515080% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00262463% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00252617% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 78,151 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 39,481/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.03 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.27 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.71 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.03 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 50.82 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 57.67 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.91 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.94 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,171/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 39 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: | 100 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\netservice\nvnetworkservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | NvNetworkService |
| Display name: | NVIDIA Network Service |
| Description: | “NVIDIA Network Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00271034% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00073607% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00197427% | |
| CPU cycles: | 155,001/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| NvNetworkService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00034472% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000088% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00034383% | |
| CPU cycles: | 8,491/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.44 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 |
32.69% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.23% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
13.46% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
9.62% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.69% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.92% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.92% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.92% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.38% of NVIDIA Network Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
29.03% |
|
| Lenovo |
29.03% |
|
| Acer |
12.90% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.29% |
|
| Alienware |
6.45% |
|
| Intel |
6.45% |
|
| Dell |
3.23% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.61% |
|
