nvvsvc.exe

NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove nvvsvc.exe
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).

DetailsDetails

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

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'nvsvc' (NVIDIA Display Driver Service)
  • nvsvc

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00012061%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00005981%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00006079%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:31 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:30,682/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:2/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.82 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):9.43 MB
Private (minimum):9.18 MB
Non-paged memory:3.82 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:73.16 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):78.62 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:9.38 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):9.43 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,755/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:104 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:10 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:138
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:11
142
GUI USER count:5
49
GUI USER peak:5
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:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
sechost.dll (Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00006115%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00006115%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000000%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,627/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:124 KB
1.16 MB
nvvsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00006114%
Kernel CPU:0.00003057%
User CPU:0.00003057%
CPU cycles:1,990/sec
Memory:896 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Professional 75.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 75.00% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.02.
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