Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, NVIDIA Corporation publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Child process
Related files
nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.19 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.12.9619 |
| MD5: | 9d7033c20c209ef90c8df24ffba854ef |
| SHA1: | 2e71eb77ca00496418625ba8f23592cf547432d2 |
| SHA256: | a658e6a249e1164bd209dda43f67fdcc04a0e57b2441a816b6146bdf92fb0e5c |
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 nvsvc (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).
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.19 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.12.9619 |
| Size: | 630.31 KB (645,440 bytes) |
| 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 |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- nvsvc
- '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: | 0.00002445% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001606% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000840% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 164 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 44,235/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.43 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.51 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.38 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 72.73 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 78.8 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.57 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.71 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,290/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 230 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 138 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
|
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | nvsvc |
| Display name: | nvsvc |
| Description: | “Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| nvsvc.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.19 by NVIDIA) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009807% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006129% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003678% | |
| CPU cycles: | 85,184/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.62 MB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000613% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000613% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 198/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
| nvvsvc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000613% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000306% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000306% | |
| CPU cycles: | 346/sec | |
| Memory: | 648 KB | |
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 |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 296.19.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
66.67% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
|
