nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 268.30 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.12.6830 |
| MD5: | c500760572c6059918fb0c960967695b |
| SHA1: | 40b27e231a5bf733f8e11388921e576f4c61120a |
| SHA256: | 89c4dcd2a03a75f5bffca39db29d89a81e66a82f3b13ffe01d5d789a1d9172d3 |
What is nvvsvc.exe?
The Driver Helper Service is used in configuring a PC's GPU drivers for video graphics cards. They provide the ability to override OpenGL refresh rates through via Control Panel in the display properties. It also provides functionality to manage the GPU's refresh rates via the built-in refresh forcer utility.
Overview
nvvsvc.exe runs as a service under the name NVIDIA Driver Helper 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 268.30 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.12.6830 |
| Size: | 970.6 KB (993,896 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, September 1, 2011 |
| 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 Driver Helper Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00097720% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00033971% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00063749% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 377 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 58,705/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.91 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 14.16 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 13.04 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.91 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 84.27 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 95.31 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.38 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 28.9 MB | |
| Page faults: | 14,763/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.76 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 881 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 158 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 21 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 24 | |
| GUI USER count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
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 Driver Helper Service |
| 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 7 Ultimate |
85.71% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.29% |
|
Distribution by country
Ireland installs about 85.71% of NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 268.30.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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