Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

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advapi32.dll
ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegEnumValueW, ControlService, SetServiceStatus, QueryServiceStatus, DuplicateTokenEx, SetTokenInformation, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, OpenServiceW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, OpenSCManagerW, DeleteService, OpenProcessToken, CloseServiceHandle, CreateServiceW, RegSetValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegGetValueW, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, RegCreateKeyExW, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, CreateProcessAsUserW, RegQueryValueExW
kernel32.dll
InterlockedDecrement, ConnectNamedPipe, CreateNamedPipeW, WriteFile, ReadFile, CreateFileW, DisconnectNamedPipe, FlushFileBuffers, ResumeThread, CreateThread, GetCommandLineW, CreateMutexW, FindResourceW, FreeLibrary, LoadResource, LoadLibraryExW, GetCurrentProcess, QueryPerformanceCounter, WaitForSingleObject, InterlockedCompareExchange, SetEvent, OutputDebugStringW, GetModuleHandleW, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, InitializeCriticalSection, GetProcessTimes, WideCharToMultiByte, LoadLibraryW, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, Sleep, SizeofResource, CreateEventA, LeaveCriticalSection, InterlockedIncrement, GetLastError, MultiByteToWideChar, lstrlenW, RaiseException, InterlockedExchange, GetFileSizeEx, SetLastError, GetProcAddress, EnterCriticalSection, InterlockedExchangeAdd, CreateEventW, WaitForMultipleObjects, OpenEventW, QueryPerformanceFrequency, DeleteCriticalSection, GetCurrentThreadId, ReleaseMutex, LocalFree, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetTickCount, CreateSemaphoreA, ReleaseSemaphore, DuplicateHandle, DeviceIoControl, GetLocaleInfoW, CloseHandle, lstrcmpiW, TerminateProcess, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetFileAttributesW, RemoveDirectoryW, DeleteFileW, CreateDirectoryW, MoveFileW, FormatMessageA, GetModuleFileNameW, CreateWaitableTimerA, SetWaitableTimer, SystemTimeToFileTime, ResetEvent, OpenEventA, GetProcessHeap, SetEnvironmentVariableA, CompareStringW, WriteConsoleW, SetStdHandle, IsValidLocale, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, SetFilePointer, RtlUnwind, GetCurrentProcessId, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetModuleFileNameA, GetStringTypeW, HeapReAlloc, LocalAlloc, LoadLibraryA, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetTimeFormatA, GetDateFormatA, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, VirtualQuery, GetCommandLineA, HeapSetInformation, GetStartupInfoW, HeapCreate, ExitProcess, GetStdHandle, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, HeapSize, LCMapStringW, GetTimeZoneInformation
ole32.dll
CoResumeClassObjects, CoRegisterClassObject, CoInitializeEx, CoInitializeSecurity, CoCreateInstance, CoTaskMemRealloc, StringFromGUID2, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoRevokeClassObject, StringFromCLSID, CoCreateInstanceEx, CoAddRefServerProcess
rpcrt4.dll
UuidToStringW, RpcStringFreeW
setupapi.dll
CM_Get_DevNode_Status, SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceIdW, SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList, SetupDiOpenDevRegKey
shlwapi.dll
PathAppendW, PathFileExistsW, SHDeleteValueW, SHSetValueW, StrStrIW, PathAddBackslashW, PathFindFileNameW
userenv.dll
DestroyEnvironmentBlock, CreateEnvironmentBlock
wtsapi32.dll
WTSQueryUserToken

nvvsvc.exe

NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 302.80 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove nvvsvc.exe
Version:   8.17.13.0280
MD5:   e622bf7dd346f0847a6c05d2cb52a724
SHA1:   4b9b2d77336eb72e6b2a8e73b7620f54c034f61c
SHA256:   edb1714edf0d272b66d60641d44ecdc4d213790fab0729a3ce4dba2f6d4ea6fc

Overview

nvvsvc.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). 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 8 Pro (6.2.9200.0).

DetailsDetails

File name:nvvsvc.exe
Publisher:NVIDIA Corporation
Product name:NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 302.80
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
Original name:nvsvc32.exe
File version:8.17.13.0280
Size:629.85 KB (644,968 bytes)
Build date:6/11/2012 8:04 PM
Certificate
Issued to:NVIDIA Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, September 1, 2011
Expiration date:Monday, September 1, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00041133%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00028587%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00012546%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:70 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:479,151/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.91 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):6.53 MB
Private (minimum):2.25 MB
Non-paged memory:1.91 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:61.64 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):66.89 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.8 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):6.66 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,587/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:11 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:397 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:10/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:160
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:11
142
GUI USER count:5
49
GUI USER peak:5
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
  • C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
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:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
nvsvc.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 302.80 by NVIDIA)
Total CPU:0.00051459%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00038594%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00012865%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:67,400/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:1/sec
79/sec
Memory:2.66 MB
1.16 MB
nvvsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00025575%
Kernel CPU:0.00025575%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:5,384/sec
Memory:644 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00013194%
Kernel CPU:0.00013194%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:1,299/sec
Memory:1.4 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Pro 100.00%
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