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 320.18 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.13.2018 |
| MD5: | b9f3591981d761a5ca1d24c369764d96 |
| SHA1: | c312b95ee5b9c781337b6772c0b3db6bda0fa8e6 |
| SHA256: | 74c0cb77129f3b9929469489bcfcca77b4692e2c06fb038401c5671c25a6ccdb |
Overview
nvvsvc.exe runs as a service under the name nvsvc (nvsvc) within the local user context. 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 320.18 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.13.2018 |
| Size: | 863.78 KB (884,512 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/12/2013 9:47 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, February 9, 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
- '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: | 0.00046653% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00025659% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00020994% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 85,012 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 31,746/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.69 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.63 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.69 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.69 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 83.36 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 88.73 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.24 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.48 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,484/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 117 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 169 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 12 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 15 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 6 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe"
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first
- C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session
|
| Owner: | User |
| 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
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
27.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
17.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
7.50% |
|
Distribution by country
Germany installs about 12.50% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 320.18.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
32.26% |
|
| Acer |
19.35% |
|
| Sony |
19.35% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
12.90% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
9.68% |
|
| Dell |
6.45% |
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