Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

8.17.13.0697	33.91%
8.17.13.0697	66.09%

(Note, NVIDIA Corporation publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child process

nvxdsync.exe (NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component by NVIDIA Corporation)

Related files

nvvsvc.exe

NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.97 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove nvvsvc.exe

Version:	8.17.13.0697
MD5:	eb5a13f9139f20ad71adf4bf79c3aa29
SHA1:	1d862625b1607d45a365cbfd8621e240bb87fb21
SHA256:	d473e03b3b69ac0a35ff1cd8b85c088dcccbaa5da52c18737b6ac873ef1f1bc7

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 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 306.97
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe
Original name:	nvsvc32.exe
File version:	8.17.13.0697
Size:	630.85 KB (645,992 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' (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:	0.00064248%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00035066%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00029182%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	598,527 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	143,055/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	3.36 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	9.27 MB
Private (minimum):	4.41 MB
Non-paged memory:	3.36 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	66.03 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	71.81 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	6.27 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	9.84 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	4,803/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	203 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	2 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	777 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	11/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	141	600
GUI GDI count:	10	103
GUI GDI peak:	12	142
GUI USER count:	5	49
GUI USER peak:	5	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session -first C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe -session
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:	nvvsvc.exe (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.97 by NVIDIA Corporation) services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00258919%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00016682%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00242237%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	18,867/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.23 MB	1.16 MB
nvvsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00046690%
Kernel CPU:	0.00037251%
User CPU:	0.00009440%
CPU cycles:	9,595/sec
Memory:	652 KB
nvsvc.dll (NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.97 by NVIDIA)
Total CPU:	0.00040054%
Kernel CPU:	0.00021110%
User CPU:	0.00018944%
CPU cycles:	61,972/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	2.75 MB
RPCRT4.dll
Total CPU:	0.00013160%
Kernel CPU:	0.00011123%
User CPU:	0.00002037%
CPU cycles:	3,518/sec
Memory:	780 KB
nvapi.dll (NVIDIA Windows drivers by NVIDIA)
Total CPU:	0.00011409%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00011409%
CPU cycles:	112/sec
Memory:	2.45 MB
sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.00010709%
Kernel CPU:	0.00006883%
User CPU:	0.00003825%
CPU cycles:	665/sec
Memory:	100 KB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:	0.00004073%
Kernel CPU:	0.00004073%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	42/sec
Memory:	1.27 MB
ADVAPI32.dll
Total CPU:	0.00003729%
Kernel CPU:	0.00002096%
User CPU:	0.00001633%
CPU cycles:	680/sec
Memory:	792 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 7 Home Premium	33.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate	15.50%
Windows 7 Professional	14.00%
Windows 8 Pro	12.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium	6.00%
Windows 8	3.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise	3.00%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	3.00%
Windows Vista Ultimate	3.00%
Windows 7 Home Basic	2.50%
Windows 8 Single Language	1.50%
Windows Vista Home Basic	1.50%
Windows 7 Enterprise	1.50%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 27.50% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 306.97.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Acer	20.19%
Dell	19.23%
ASUS	17.31%
Hewlett-Packard	17.31%
Sony	5.77%
Intel	5.77%
Gateway	5.77%
Alienware	2.88%
Samsung	2.88%
GIGABYTE	2.88%

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