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Process name: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service
Product: NVIDIA Treiber
Company: NVIDIA
File: nvsvc32.exe
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"nvsvc32.exe" belongs to NVIDIA graphics card drivers (Detonator).

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All comments about nvsvc32.exe:
Bees NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Description: Application that is loaded to the system by NVIDIA graphics card drivers
Josef Lehner Datei für Grafikkarte Geforce FX5900XT  See also: Link
globbi Anwendung, die zum System durch NVIDIA-Kartentreiber geladen wird.
optional, disable it in winxp service applet to save memory
Kev A Driver for all nVIDIA products. Need to run for the people who need features with nVIDIA
Paladyn It is a part od drivers for nvidia cards
Vampire Das ist ein Teil des nVIDIA-Grafiktreibers.  See also: Link
Martin It is not necessary - Keep it if you overclock the video card, if not it can safely be disabled.
Nick file supporting NVDIA media products  See also: Link
camshaft This file causes explorer to crash everytime I cut and paste into a file with many picture files.
Defektor it belongs to NVIDIA graphics card drivers
bamargera ein teil das treibers von deiner nvidia karte. delete es nicht sonst läuft es vielleicht unstabiel
gnatzer installed with detonators - harmless but unnecessary
John Not needed
kalyan graphics card from nvidia
Kerry Nvidia driver process helper-process that belongs to the NVIDIA graphics card drivers
carlos just ignore it, NVIDIA driver thing
bigcat it tries to access the internet after some time recommend removing it since it could send info
Paul This is the main function that supports an NVIDIA graohics card. Ifd in doubt download an update for your NVIDIA card and check it against the Properties for the one installed in your system.
bartkiller belongs to NVIDIA graphic card drivers, but IMHO it's not needed running
tru makes my computer slower
Reno located in my system32-map - wrong wrong
valu NVIDIA Helper Service. Wenn eine Nvidia-Grafikkarte installiert ist harmlos
Andreas Einfach unter Systemsteuerung/Verwaltung/Dienste deaktivieren.
Junk get rid of! Only Needed if you can right click on your desktop and adjust video settings!
w00t installed with every Nvidia Driver Pack completly harmless!
schätze aml nicht das das eine datei von der grafikkarte ist, da ich schon immer eine geforce hab und hatte und noch nie diesen dienst gesehen hab. hab ihn seit meiner neuinstallation auch drauf. könnte auch ein virus sein
Salvatore Scognamiglio NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Description: Application that is loaded to the system by NVIDIA graphics card drivers
Dark_Curly Harmlose Nvidia Datei
Andykirky doesnt seem needed, stop the service
Georg It's a part of drivers for nvidia cards
wyzer mass propagation by msn
Santiago Nvidia Driver helper service description  See also: Link
Guy Westelinck I found it on an infected PC and it generated a lot of networktraffic disturbing surfing and mailing. It was found on a PC without nVidia card and suddenly it appeared also on my open shared linux datadirectory.
INDRID This is only needed by Nvidia based graphics if you adjust advanced graphics settings or use custom refresh rates per screen resolution. It can otherwise be disabled to save resources.
Friedemann Schaars Grafikkarten-Traiber
F3H Sauce it's Nviidia's file...except if you get weird corruption on your screen and glitchy errors in WinXP, chances are it's to blame...remove it from prefetch and from System32
coconut harmless
Headot makes my computer more than slower!
OKI it in no way needs internet access and the same goes for the other nvidia files
Jad this is the SIMPEL - FTP server
benno its a part of the nvidia driver. nothing else.
Darrel- IT pro Nvidia driver support for Nvidia Video Cards, and drivers
Only nVidia driver system
*Don Harmless. Comes with NVidia Forceware. May need internet access to connect to NVidia's servers for information submission from hardware usage or something. Dont completely remember how that worked.  See also: Link
Doc NVIDIA Dienst der eigentlich nicht benötigt wird. Kann / Sollte unter Dienste deaktiviert werden.
John B nVIDIA Driver Support Service which makes system hang during log off. Not really needed when not using advanced driver features, safe to disable. (Cause warning in Application event log: Event ID: 1517 - User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM - Description: Windows saved user MYSYSTEM\MYLOGONID registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use.  See also: Link
Djiemiez nvsvc32.exe is used by your computer to communicate with your nVidia video card. It is required for your nVidia grpahics card to work correctly. If you do not have a nVidia video card installed, it can be removed.  See also: Link
AP Revealed to be the cause of random lock-ups after I put 6600GT into my system. Disabled that service and lock-ups disappeared.
M@CE Nvidia Driver Helper Service- FileAnalyzer was used to scan the file and analyze it.
Anil Varghese It's a part of drivers for nvidia display cards
Phillby Nvidia (takes 98% of my system resources)
Brassic NVidia Driver - nothing more
nVidia driver component. I can't believe how many morons on here think otherwise! vn***.exe are g  See also: Link
shut it down. Can cause problems with Video progs
Paul Also monitors your graphics card on later models (eg 6800) for sufficient power supply to the card - for cards with additional power connectors. Recommend that you leave it alone if you have one of these cards..
Shalianahe NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Description: Application that is loaded to the system by NVIDIA graphics card drivers
Muellje Die Datei lahmt mein system merklich. braucht rund 150 mb arbeitsspeicher.  See also: Link
Antinoo Fa parte dei driver NVidia, ma col tempo occupa troppa memoria di sistema: si può disabilitare dalla gestione dei servizi tra gli strumenti di amministrazione.
torin Ncidia driver(not needed to run card) but there are viri that use the same name
William removing file will trash your video card. Needed to work properly.
Michael Cash Moved to quarantine and CPU load instantly dropped from persistently near 100% to near 0%. Total resource hog!!
George E. NVIDIA driver proccess. load at startup but can safely disabled. not a memory hog, nor resources hog in my system.
-=Milamber=- Nvidia Driver, causes no problems whatsoever on my system. If this file appears to be causing you problems, you have a configuration issue. try some different versions of the Detonator drivers, and see if you keep having problems
Hans Borikle Harmlose datei von nvidia treiber, die die infos zur hilfe darstellt.
nVidia Driver , if there is no nVidia graphics Card in your computer it might be a virus. I'm using a GeForce 3 Ti 200
ohno my motherboard anti virus detected it on boot up, AVG quarantined it and also there are like about 50 references in my registry about it
Scott nvsvc32.exe is a process that belongs to the NVIDIA graphics card drivers. This process should not be removed to ensure that your graphics card drivers is working properly.
Kb log Es ist ein Teil der Nevidia Grafikkarte,dieser Prozess sollte in keinem falle gelöscht werden da sonst die grafikkarte unstabil wird!!
Krul May be possible to disable and still adjust settings for Antialiasing and VSync, which need to be disabled with Geoforce series cards and certain games.
open source NVidia driver. Disable to save some memory
clean installer ive just installed these NVIDIA drivers from a purchased, clean, installation CD. When I restarted, my desktop was in 32 bit color mode, and this process was running. It seems to be completely harmless, and doesnt occupy many resources, or slow my system down by anything that I could even notice. I quit it, with no problem, and everything continued to run smoothly as it had before.
It's an NVIDIA driver
Jim Beam It is essential as it is part of the drive to run the nvidia Card.  See also: Link
Reinhard Grafikkartentreiber
Namnatulco this file should be located in windows\sytem32\ (on winXP). Needed to run certain video games, if you have an NVidea card, or if you want to overclock your carm or use other special features. If it crushes your pc's preformance, it's most likely NOT the driver.  See also: Link
Oracle Its just a Nvidia driver
Yamon Nvidia Grafik Treiber
+dudl3y I know this file is needed to run your graphics driver and helps a lot for gaming, and doesnt cause an issue for me nor encounter much memory usage being lost.
Chaoos NVidia Driver - nothing more
jacobzcoool nVidia graphics card drivers - no performance problems if the is the actual nVidia drivers, people who say it is taking 100% CPU load probably have malware with the same .exe name
nailz had a worm with very similar name - check letters order carefully, Indeed an nvidia driver file - if it is taking vast resources something is wrong . .. connects to internet - potential hijackability for malware/virus . .this file is not pertinent
Jorge Diese Datei wird von nVidia Grafikkarten genutzt und kommt nur zu Geltung, wenn Sie bspw. eine Automatische übertaktung sowie die "Lüfter immer an" funktion (mit Coolbits) nutzen.  See also: Link
Ruben nVidia driver helper  See also: Link
dinesh Download file
phrostwave it depends on what your system is actually. i have 2gb of ram, w/6600 GT, and its always at a steady 3,966K, and 00 CPU. I looked at the hex for this and (at least, the one on my computer) found it isnt the virus w/same name. this is used by Nvidia cards, especially if you use a TV Tuner (it helps accelerate the FRAME/DRAW per sec w/good quality). however, you should disable this if you dont have any Nvidia cards or no longer have one. It can be safely disabled on most systems, and can even cause some systems to hang (noted in about 6 comments above). basically, use this if you only need to!
Vir Nvidia driver! No need to wary, no need to kill!
ChaoSs i've noticed that "nvsvc32.exe" comes with nvidia NTUNE utilities, if u move it to quarantine, u wont be able to use some of Ntune features, like overcloking.
WallyBee Nvidia driver service, is in tasklist.
QA-Game Tester I just built a new computer, and installed 2 NEW Nvidia Sli 7800 GTs. The app came on both installation disks, and I would never Disable it, since it allows for more advanced control over the card. It uses 2,000k, but I have 250G of HD space, so it doesn't bother me at all. The only reason i would disable or uninstall it is if I didn't own an Nvidia GPU, or if I didn't know how to adjust advanced settings. Honestly, I think anyone with a problem either doesn't realize their computer is out of date and slow to begin with, or you're just not using the control panel correctly.
Brando Looks like I'm not the only one who's seeing this program eating up memory and CPU like it's candy... This one ran background for 2 years before I ever had this problem with it. Now, when running the processes "spoolsv.exe" and "csrss.exe" are using all the resources, but killing the app with Security Task Manager(R) stops all of this traffic.
Die Datei gehört zum nvidia driver also net löschen :)
Glen After download latest nVidia drivers this service continuously uses up to 25% cpu and causes either or both csrss & spoolsv to use 25% cpu
Professional There is good program what shows information about runing processes and more. You should ty it, it's free :) www.thricesoft.com  See also: Link
wu causes issues in command conquer and explorer
Mr.K It's a nvidia detonator thing...
Za Harmless, Nvidia Driver - Should theoretically cause no problems unless there is a conflict elsewhere or a hardware incompatability
Jim I downloaded a server client for Lineage II Chronicle 5 and my antivirus "told" me that it is an Invader. However it was never mentioned before. I have no problems at all with this file(until now I guess..)...
Travis As everybody says, it's just an NVIDIA add-in driver or service, put there to make certain (seldom-used) functions available from the Windows Desktop.
AgentIce Usually a harmless 15ish megs of ram used, but some times starts to use 10-20% prosessing power when switching resolusions or enable/disableing multi monitors. it usually doesnt stop using the resorces for a long while.
BPantalone NVIDIA "helper" service -- not needed.
General Arrow. Correction its only dangerous if its in your C://windows foldor then its 90% Dangerous. Sorry for the Confusion
Jake Looks like an nvidia driver, has done no harm for me, so I do nothing to it. I think it helps the graphics card work properly so im not messing with it.

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