Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, NVIDIA Corporation publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
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Related files
nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.13.0142 |
| MD5: | 06633cf95bea62164c3bfca24bce6b11 |
| SHA1: | c745ca0d54b005663b1e2a37a014a28b83c01316 |
| SHA256: | 9ea1b29804811d54b97f81e9be4e259b10a97dc649aae843582ba926af09a52d |
What is nvvsvc.exe?
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
nvvsvc.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). 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: | nvvsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.13.0142 |
| Size: | 868.81 KB (889,664 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, September 2, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)
- nvsvc
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00008622% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006749% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001873% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 130,048 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 96,665/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.38 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 11.24 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 9.52 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.38 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 77.01 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 86.54 MB | |
| Working set: | 9.74 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 12 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,247/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 22 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 150 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 13 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 16 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 6 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | nvsvc |
| Display name: | NVIDIA Display Driver Service |
| Description: | “Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
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 Ultimate |
72.73% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
27.27% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 63.64% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 301.42.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
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