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Process name: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service

Product: NVIDIA Driver

Company: NVIDIA

File: nvsvc32.exe

Security Rating: 1


"nvsvc32.exe" is part of the NVIDIA graphics card drivers (Detonator). It should be left running on any system using Nvidia graphics hardware to ensure proper function. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/nvsvc32.exe.html 

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Average user rating of nvsvc32.exe: 4 based on 187 votes. Read also the 147 reviews.

8562 users ask for this file. 111 users rated it as not dangerous. 10 users rated it as not so dangerous. 24 users rated it as neutral. 17 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 25 users rated it as dangerous. 13 users didn't rate it ("don't know").


All comments about nvsvc32.exe:
rate1 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Description: Application that is loaded to the system by NVIDIA graphics card drivers   Bees
rate1 optional, disable it in winxp service applet to save memory  
rate1 A Driver for all nVIDIA products. Need to run for the people who need features with nVIDIA   Kev
rate1 It is a part od drivers for nvidia cards   Paladyn
rate1 It is not necessary - Keep it if you overclock the video card, if not it can safely be disabled.   Martin
rate1 file supporting NVDIA media products  See also: Link   Nick
rate3 This file causes explorer to crash everytime I cut and paste into a file with many picture files.   camshaft
rate1 it belongs to NVIDIA graphics card drivers   Defektor
rate1 installed with detonators - harmless but unnecessary   gnatzer
rate3 Not needed   John
rate1 graphics card from nvidia   kalyan
rate0 Nvidia driver process helper-process that belongs to the NVIDIA graphics card drivers   Kerry
rate1 just ignore it, NVIDIA driver thing   carlos
rate4 it tries to access the internet after some time recommend removing it since it could send info   bigcat
rate1 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.   Paul
rate3 belongs to NVIDIA graphic card drivers, but IMHO it's not needed running   bartkiller
rate4 makes my computer slower   tru
rate5 located in my system32-map - wrong wrong   Reno
rate1 Junk get rid of! Only Needed if you can right click on your desktop and adjust video settings!  
rate1 installed with every Nvidia Driver Pack completly harmless!   w00t
rate1 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Description: Application that is loaded to the system by NVIDIA graphics card drivers   Salvatore Scognamiglio
rate1 Harmlose Nvidia Datei   Dark_Curly
rate2 doesnt seem needed, stop the service   Andykirky
rate1 It's a part of drivers for nvidia cards   Georg
rate3 mass propagation by msn   wyzer
rate1 Nvidia Driver helper service description  See also: Link   Santiago
rate4 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.   Guy Westelinck
rate1 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.   INDRID
rate1 Grafikkarten-Traiber   Friedemann Schaars
rate5 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   F3H Sauce
rate1 harmless   coconut
rate0 makes my computer more than slower!   Headot
rate0 it in no way needs internet access and the same goes for the other nvidia files   OKI
rate5 this is the SIMPEL - FTP server   Jad
rate1 its a part of the nvidia driver. nothing else.   benno
rate1 Nvidia driver support for Nvidia Video Cards, and drivers   Darrel- IT pro
rate1 Only nVidia driver system  
rate1 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   *Don
rate3 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   John B
rate1 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   Djiemiez
rate4 Revealed to be the cause of random lock-ups after I put 6600GT into my system. Disabled that service and lock-ups disappeared.   AP
rate1 Nvidia Driver Helper Service- FileAnalyzer was used to scan the file and analyze it.   M
rate1 It's a part of drivers for nvidia display cards   Anil Varghese
rate5 Nvidia (takes 98% of my system resources)   Phillby
rate1 NVidia Driver - nothing more   Brassic
rate1 nVidia driver component. I can't believe how many morons on here think otherwise! vn***.exe are g  See also: Link  
rate1 shut it down. Can cause problems with Video progs  
rate1 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..   Paul
rate1 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service Description: Application that is loaded to the system by NVIDIA graphics card drivers   Shalianahe
rate3 Ncidia driver(not needed to run card) but there are viri that use the same name   torin
rate5 removing file will trash your video card. Needed to work properly.   William
rate5 Moved to quarantine and CPU load instantly dropped from persistently near 100% to near 0%. Total resource hog!!   Michael Cash
rate3 NVIDIA driver proccess. load at startup but can safely disabled. not a memory hog, nor resources hog in my system.   George E.
rate1 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   -=Milamber=-
rate1 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  
rate0 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   ohno
rate1 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.   Scott
rate2 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.   Krul
rate1 NVidia driver. Disable to save some memory   open source
rate1 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.   clean installer
rate1 It's an NVIDIA driver  
rate1 It is essential as it is part of the drive to run the nvidia Card.  See also: Link   Jim Beam
rate1 Grafikkartentreiber   Reinhard
rate1 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   Namnatulco
rate1 Its just a Nvidia driver   Oracle
rate1 Nvidia Grafik Treiber   Yamon
rate1 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.   +dudl3y
rate1 NVidia Driver - nothing more   Chaoos
rate1 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   jacobzcoool
rate2 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   nailz
rate1 nVidia driver helper  See also: Link   Ruben
rate2 Download file   dinesh
rate3 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!   phrostwave
rate1 Nvidia driver! No need to wary, no need to kill!   Vir
rate3 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.   ChaoSs
rate2 Nvidia driver service, is in tasklist.   WallyBee
rate1 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.   QA-Game Tester
rate3 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.   Brando
rate2 After download latest nVidia drivers this service continuously uses up to 25% cpu and causes either or both csrss & spoolsv to use 25% cpu   Glen
rate1 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   Professional
rate1 causes issues in command conquer and explorer   wu
rate1 It's a nvidia detonator thing...   Mr.K
rate1 Harmless, Nvidia Driver - Should theoretically cause no problems unless there is a conflict elsewhere or a hardware incompatability   Za
rate3 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..)...   Jim
rate1 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.   Travis
rate3 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.   AgentIce
rate2 NVIDIA "helper" service -- not needed.   BPantalone
rate4 Correction its only dangerous if its in your C://windows foldor then its 90% Dangerous. Sorry for the Confusion   General Arrow.
rate1 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.   Jake
rate5 ItIts a worm hide itself in some programs, It even disable the antivirus, stops the Firewall until u terminate it in Command prompt. It runs well in Windows Explorer   Bildad
rate3 Halted by Windows DEP - may be old version (91.31)? Machine has been constantly and inexplicably rebooting when working with images and video during the past several weeks. Don't know if this is part of the problem, but if it's an unneccessary tool, I can experiment doing without it. NVIDIA GForce utilities still seem to work although it is not loaded and working.   TexasDukester
rate3 Makes the Windows error sound when shutting down computer, and says nvsvc32.exe is causing the problem. This has been doing this since I got my laptop, and I have not noticed any problems associated with this.   Chris
rate5 Recently our Singulus Mastering system crashed and on investigation via log found that it was related to nvsvc32.exe but it is yet to be stablished if it was the culprit or a malware named like that.   Vinode Dudani
rate4 cpu load 100%  
rate1 NVIDIA Component , disable it if you notice slow system shutdowns/startups. DO NOT disable it if you override your refresh rates in OpenGL games. D3D works fine through dxdiag or game options.   rififis
rate4 Somehow caused cssrs.exe to use up 50% CPU time with nvsvc32.exe using the other half.   RNA
rate3 it slows my pc, it hasnt been there from when i put geforce in.it appeared wen i installd something with NORTON on it, and i cant get rid of it   Cat
rate1 Keep if you overclock nvidia, otherwise dump it.   wood
rate1 If you're having trouble with this file and you don't even have an NVIDIA gpu, then it's obviously a virus. Get rid of it. There will be NO network traffic coming from this executable program, if there is, DELETE.   Howard D.
rate1 Runs with Nvidia cards.   MostOfTheTime
rate3 Nvidia Driver Helper located in system32/ - If you experience random freeze / crash in games try disabling under services. Might be Virus if not running a Nvidia card.   Fox
rate5 Not necessary as Nvindia driver. I dont have Nvindia installed in my comp. but i still had it. It doesn't allow u to use msconfig, taskmanager and Regedit too.. it resides in ".../system32/driver/"   Varun
rate1 Part of NVIDIA detonator graphics card drivers.  
rate1 Nvidia Treiber Hilfstool   Glubschi
rate4 I've noticed this file will cause Windows Explorer to repeatedly hang; killing it stops this hanging.   oceanclub
rate4 tries to connect to paypal.com on my system???   Dr.Ninethousand
rate0 file size 127.044 Bytes and also just the graphics driver   Frank
rate4 This is not the nvidia driver graphics driver, it's the nvidia driver helper service is a utility that can be used by staff at nvidia corp. to access your pc and monitor performance of graphics card drivers etc... It does have a genuine purpose, unfortunately it can be used as a backdoor by someone with the right knowledge... disable it, disable it, DISABLE IT! It has no effect whatsoever on your system with regards to performance if you disable it. I know enough to keep this turned off, the only time you will ever need to use it yourself is if you wish to override your refresh rate...  See also: Link   someone in the know
rate1 instalado por los drivers de Nvidia   masmarius
rate4 It would pop up everytime i ran firefox, also was bringing up a username and password box for a website www.crazy.se Looks like a password stealing virus to me   user
rate1 If you shut it down it may cause instability and make you have the blue screen, it happened to me many times when I tried shutting off the process and especially when I played games.   BadkarsMormor
rate1 Nvidia Drivers, ignore everybody who says it's dangerous.  See also: Link   Xenogen
rate1 It's a graphics driver   Martin
rate0 Version 42.58 Version 6.13.10.4258 *  
rate0 In "security task manager" , it seems to be harmfull for 50+%. Need help. Disable or not.   Chola
rate1 this sexy good file is for nvidia drivers  
rate4 I've had "lagging" and "double images" type problems on my desktop display which I believe has been casused by this process running. I've deleted it and only time will tell if the problems are gone. It's been identified by "TUT" as causing glitches in video.  See also: Link   Kenny G
rate1 It is an appoved NVIDIA Driver .. useful.   iam
rate1 tottaly harmless, ignore everyone who says it's dangerouse.   tech nerd
rate5 i cant even boot my comp! i boot it up and it goes too slow then xcrashes   xblabberx
rate4 infected my pc with trojan. appeared out of nowhere. this pc has NEVER had nvidia products but somehow it got here.cant find it in folders. some other process is disguising itself with it   jerry
rate5 a corrupt system file which breaks through your firewall, by acting as a backdoor virus. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! REMOVE IMMEDIATLY MANUALLY   Nbordeau
rate4 It can be virus too. Nod32 wont recognize.   S.
rate1 (WinXP) Nvidia Display Driver Service, für erweiterte Funktionenbder GraKa, for exended functions of the nvidia card   Tom
rate1 Nvidia driver  See also: Link   Nick
rate3 NVSCS21.exe "could" become the target of Worm: " Win32/Gaobot.FD " or " WORM_AGOBOT.FD " - READ Microsoft Sercrity Encyclopedia entry. 2147464459  See also: Link   Montana A Zook
rate1 Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver. Das ding ist harmlos es ist kein Virus, es ist auch erst seit den neuen Treibern dabei und nie bei alten.   Tobias
rate1 Nvidia. Anything else, and you have conflicting drivers and/or virus(s)  
rate3 its dangerous if you've never had the NVIDIA graphics driver. If u do have it then its ur choice to run it or not   bob the builder
rate4 useless waste of RAM and an extra degree C of lapwarming goodness; by useless, i do mean UTTERLY USELESS: I've run multiple monitors, accessed nvidia control panel, etc., all just fine with this disabled   Fyl
rate5 frequently causes system to crash when resuming from sleep with external monitor plugged in. Recently got nvsvc32.exe instruction 0x100c1d71 referenced memory 0x0..0   bart
rate0 You can find info by looking it up in your services. It's named: NVIDIA Display Driver Service - Provides system and desktop level support to the NVIDIA display driver   Toni Bergman
rate5 Was found after my computer was infected by the msn picture virus trojan... Don't have an Nvidia graphics card so clearly something was up with that. My msn account stopped sending out links after I had it removed!   Rodney
rate5 hidden along with Antimalware virus on my system   C Thoms
rate5 we found on c:\windows folder (not on windows\system32 like nvidia driver) and are virus ... it's sure ... on internet explorer (ie8 for example) prompt a box with the request of "human confirmation!" ... it's a fake message .. if you see this you are infected ...   erikm.project
rate1 auto detects monitor input on nvidia cards   tim
rate1 comes with nvidia geforce drivers   DFA
rate4 XP: ever over 30% cpu use. After each restart there it is again. Cannot find where the program is located   A.Wagenaar
rate5 backdoor virus came in I think was Gen!M. I had to block some of the services to get pass it   hillu
rate5 VIRUS! I don't have nvidia graphic card and my AV detected Worm within this file.  
rate3 I am calling it neutral because it could be legit. But in my case it is not. The process is new to my PC that is ATI equiped. I end the task and my PC stops trying to connect to sites on its own. All the sites it was trying to connect to are listed under the "more info" tab in the link below(a trojan warning from Sophos, whoever they are. The trojan is just using the process as a gateway. It is possible that the process is original to the OS as the manufacturer uses both ATI and Nvidia products. Also in my case there is no sevice to match it.  See also: Link   RAQ
rate0 Mousewheel scrolling was very... hesitant. Switching tasks... slow. Start menu... slow. Fix: In Administrative Tools, Services, changed NVIDIA Driver Helper Service startup from "Automatic" to "Disabled", then rebooted. HAPPINESS!   markfilipak
rate5 I have found this and also SRLApplet from Husdawg LLC are also known malware being distributed by nvidia.com.  See also: Link   laotzu
rate0 I believe it may be a form of a virus for a computer.   Jalepenio
rate1 Not dangerous at all (Nvidia file).   Bullshit
rate1 comes with nvidia geforce drivers  
rate1 Valid NVIDIA graphics card prog. Should be harmless, but also non-essential. Some are complaining that it shows up as a virus on their machines - obviously, a virus can be named anything, as it VERY CLEARLY states above. If you don't have an NVIDIA card and you have no idea where you got nvsvc32.exe from, then it is entirely possible that you have a virus masking itself as an otherwise legit program. You did not get this virus from NVIDIA, you picked it up somewhere else. So stop trying to scare legitimate NVIDIA users.   D

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