nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
Version: | 8.17.13.0602 |
MD5: | bdbc8e51ff2f3b800ff7b90dcda31b48 |
SHA1: | 2b2f87a2bf4cd7727f25cef15a611eb52ebf8524 |
SHA256: | bc09e6bf50edaab5ad15ade6e71832ccd29f04af7ffa66b5433a589e471fd4a4 |
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).
Details
File name: | nvvsvc.exe |
Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02 |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
File version: | 8.17.13.0602 |
Size: | 870.35 KB (891,240 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Friday, September 2, 2011 |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)
- nvsvc
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00012061% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00005981% | |
User CPU: | 0.00006079% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 30,682/sec | |
Context switches: | 2/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 3.82 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 9.43 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 9.18 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 3.82 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 73.16 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 78.62 MB | |
Working set: | 9.38 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 9.43 MB | |
Page faults: | 2,755/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 104 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 5 | |
Handles: | 138 | |
GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
GUI USER count: | 5 | |
GUI USER peak: | 5 | |
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
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Professional |
75.00% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02.