Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 188.67 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.16.11.8867 |
| MD5: | ad1e49bceb5d446a271c43bfa8fd71d2 |
| SHA1: | cb0c7c4d6c01166bb9aa86d3bb6f5ef388f5fc81 |
| SHA256: | 5df156bb36ca8cd13a3150ea1f03abb600ded17b93d6a9cd77e9f9393bbb9dc0 |
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). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 188.67 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.16.11.8867 |
| Size: | 383.1 KB (392,296 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012038% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010359% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001679% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 47 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 9/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.89 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.94 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.91 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 57.48 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 59.98 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.93 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.01 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 97 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 5 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 6 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
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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
Averages
| nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 188.67 by NVIDIA) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00083384% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00083384% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 104,142/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 1024 KB | |
| nvvsvc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00055034% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00041170% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00013865% | |
| CPU cycles: | 84,481/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 392 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Professional |
100.00% |
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