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NVSVC64.dll
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 178.08 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
Version: | 7.15.11.7808 |
MD5: | 75ecdd70adc07b1cfb79b0d218050b3e |
SHA1: | 84eea5f4ab4057662ebda3ef9fb437a8c0ebb8f2 |
What is NVSVC64.dll?
The NVIDIA Driver Helper Service is used in configuring a PC's NVIDIA drivers for video graphics cards. They provide the ability to override OpenGL refresh rates through via NVIDIA Control Panel in the display properties.
Overview
nvsvc64.dll executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the hosted context of
rundll32.exe (Windows host process (Rundll32) by Microsoft). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072).
Details
File name: | nvsvc64.dll |
Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 178.08 |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvsvc64.dll |
File version: | 7.15.11.7808 |
Size: | 705.53 KB (722,464 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Monday, August 6, 2007 |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
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Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00006718% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000801% | |
User CPU: | 0.00005917% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 3,058 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 343,056/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 3.95 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 8.45 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 1.74 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 3.95 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 84.45 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 112.54 MB | |
Working set: | 2.61 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 9.67 MB | |
Page faults: | 4,464/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 1.33 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 4 | |
Handles: | 106 | |
GUI GDI count: | 18 | |
GUI USER count: | 13 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
100.00% |
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