nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 267.33 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.12.6733 | 
| MD5: | e883d0375af4a807f5b4490688ad1038 | 
| SHA1: | 5b4a59d26ea5596b3ae72944358d72057ea4c4bb | 
| SHA256: | ac7e89e99d2a14ec43630a6e95f2cb64435d9a33f3d55ec09de99e155b3e61fa | 
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 Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) within the local user context. 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
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe | 
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation | 
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 267.33 | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe | 
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe | 
| File version: | 8.17.12.6733 | 
| Size: | 981.6 KB (1,005,160 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Friday, July 31, 2009 | 
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 2, 2011 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET | 
| .NET CLR: | Yes | 
| .NET NGENed: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'NVSvc'  (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00082458% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00077270% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00005188% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,365,009 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 14,858/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 4.01 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 8.31 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 3.05 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 4.01 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 72.24 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 77.24 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 3.77 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 9.85 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 3,989/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 6 |  | 
| Handles: | 142 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 9 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 13 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 6 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 6 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command lines: | 
C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -firstC:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | NVSvc | 
| Display name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess | 
| Parent processes: |  | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Basic | 75.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 25.00% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
Russia installs about 75.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 267.33.