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nvvsvc.exe

NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 191.33 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove nvvsvc.exe
Version:   8.16.11.9133
MD5:   268d382fcc6a8a568aab7c6dc8c71bb3
SHA1:   4fffc9282403b96c43c229920627e76304ae26fb

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 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).

DetailsDetails

File name:nvvsvc.exe
Publisher:NVIDIA Corporation
Product name:NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 191.33
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
Original name:nvsvc32.exe
File version:8.16.11.9133
Size:374.6 KB (383,592 bytes)
Build date:1/13/2010 6:19 PM
Certificate
Issued to:NVIDIA Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, July 30, 2009
Expiration date:Thursday, September 1, 2011
Digital DNA
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:0.00000184%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00000149%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00000035%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:164 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:27,145/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.42 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):1.69 MB
Private (minimum):1.31 MB
Non-paged memory:3.42 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:64.41 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):66.47 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:1.73 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.6 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,614/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:102
600
GUI GDI count:12
103
GUI GDI peak:14
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:4
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
  • C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
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:

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 100.00%
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