nvvsvc.exe
NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 268.00 by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 8.17.12.6800 |
| MD5: | 6d1056430afc72a6097409a70a716c15 |
| SHA1: | c0a2689d641921f46cb8edae30186a7c8f861b2e |
| SHA256: | 6ce87caeaa2121e161bfac05f0ed307e6b4e5a8406b6acf2ff52009a86767b8d |
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). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | nvvsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Product name: | NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 268.00 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\nvvsvc.exe |
| Original name: | nvsvc32.exe |
| File version: | 8.17.12.6800 |
| Size: | 970.6 KB (993,896 bytes) |
| Build date: | 3/31/2011 7:37 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NVIDIA Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
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: | 0.00003336% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001620% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001715% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 265 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.54 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 14.96 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 646 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 90.51 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 95.51 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.11 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 29.03 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 170 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 20 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 24 | |
| GUI USER count: | 9 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 9 | |
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 |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| NVSVC64.DLL |
| Total CPU: | 0.00011449% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010686% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000763% | |
| CPU cycles: | 55,424/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.87 MB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007631% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002289% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005342% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,044/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.01 MB | |
| nvapi64.dll (NVIDIA Windows drivers by NVIDIA) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006870% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006870% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,131/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.25 MB | |
| nvvsvc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001526% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001526% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 205/sec | |
| Memory: | 992 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 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
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