Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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nvtray.exe
NVIDIA Settings by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 7.17.13.2018 |
| MD5: | 4a7e8b1f2ec6b27a2c1b1a7981a85616 |
| SHA1: | ae707dbb96428f7121ee51fce8da7164296d569a |
| SHA256: | 993bc4bbcc234f085206f0ada19bec57dfb4810b3475622c63aac4efdbf78b8a |
What is nvtray.exe?
nvtray.exe NVIDIA Settings is the program that runs in the notification area system tray.
Overview
nvtray.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
nvxdsync.exe (NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component by NVIDIA Corporation). 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).
Details
| File name: | nvtray.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Settings |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\display\nvtray.exe |
| File version: | 7.17.13.2018 |
| Size: | 2.34 MB (2,450,208 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/12/2013 9:10 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, September 1, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, September 1, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
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: | 0.00096025% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00072881% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00023144% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 13,945 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 47,057/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.39 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 14.08 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 8.65 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.39 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 112.9 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 121.26 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.62 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 14.11 MB | |
| Page faults: | 15,790/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 34 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.02 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 11/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 176 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 83 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 85 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
3.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.50% |
|
| 21 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 35.35% of NVIDIA Settings.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
22.71% |
|
| Acer |
17.03% |
|
| Dell |
14.85% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.79% |
|
| Lenovo |
11.35% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.80% |
|
| Alienware |
3.49% |
|
| Intel |
3.49% |
|
| Sony |
3.49% |
|
| MSI |
2.62% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.18% |
|
| Toshiba |
0.87% |
|
| Samsung |
0.87% |
|
| Sahara |
0.44% |
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