Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 186.32 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.15.11.8632 |
| MD5: | c083a5414a9d145354f1921bbcd895e4 |
| SHA1: | c072833c11e12fee6f8d1676291caa6b0a02f575 |
| SHA256: | ed4a47d21c1337174b721b0dedb74740454472ee16528ddd12a80257e019de53 |
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 186.32 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.15.11.8632 |
| Size: | 373.53 KB (382,496 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 |
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: | 0.00002265% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001548% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000717% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,759 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 51,279/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.49 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.8 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 291 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.49 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 63.73 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 75.09 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.01 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.93 MB | |
| Page faults: | 11,309/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 3 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: | 91 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 11 | |
| GUI USER count: | 10 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
- 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
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 186.32.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Gateway |
100.00% |
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