nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 267.80 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.12.6780 | 
| MD5: | 6a801413eaa6e23e58dec9dda51fd85b | 
| SHA1: | 51ffc4b87d7392c860c71f07f5023e26066a196d | 
| SHA256: | 29d48ce8a717359c9d541207fb8c9a30692e570b504824fe6eeb00e8cb80d435 | 
Overview
nvvsvc.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Driver Helper 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).
 Details
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe | 
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation | 
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 267.80 | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe | 
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe | 
| File version: | 8.17.12.6780 | 
| Size: | 970.6 KB (993,896 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 3/20/2011 9:21 PM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, February 9, 2011 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | 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: | 0.00000515% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000437% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000078% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 172 ms/min |  | 
| Context switches: | 1/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 5.25 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 11.53 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 7.64 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 5.25 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 74.8 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 78.33 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 8.39 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 11.58 MB |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 6 |  | 
| Handles: | 150 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 9 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 11 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 6 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 6 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command lines: | 
C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exeC:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | NVSvc | 
| Display name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess | 
| Parent processes: |  | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| nvsvc64.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 267.80 by NVIDIA) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00002235% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002235% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 47,027/sec |  | 
| Context switches: | 1/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 2.87 MB |  | 
| nvvsvc.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00000479% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000160% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000319% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 112/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 992 KB |  | 
| ole32.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00000319% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000319% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 408/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 2.01 MB |  | 
 
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 100.00% |  | 
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Sony | 100.00% |  |