| All comments about nwiz.exe: |
 Alex | NVIDIA nView Control Panel |
 Kater | Program for controlling graphic-card See also: Link |
| | it is an optional service installed by nvidia detonator graphic drivers, can be disable in winxp in the service applet |
| | Nvidia - Control-Prg for Graphic Card |
| | It checks for updates for the NVidia video driver |
| a | NVIDIA file |
 John | can prevent your card from working |
| Justin | This file finds your email address and your contacts email address and signs them up for spam. This is a mass mailer engine. I used xsoftspy to prove it. |
| Chris | Nvidia - Optional Service |
| Jodda | nVIDEA nView Desktop Manager Configuration Wizard. I done start -- run -- nwiz.exe = the "nView Desktop Manager" appeared. I thinik it's harmless, but pointless - for that window doesn't appear on machine bootup (shoulder shrug). |
| Arthur S | Justin is correct, I ran xsoftspy and also proved it. |
| Moises | NVIDIA Wizard Executable |
 alanalanbradley.net | it has an interference affect on my optical mouse |
| Tim | NVidia desktop wizard See also: Link |
| Kenton | If you're using an nVidia graphics card, leave it alone. If you're NOT running an nVidia card, you should uninstall it to avoid conflicts with your current video card. See also: Link |
| Benjamin | Nvidia video card manager.... |
| | Die Datei is nur von Nvidia und kommt durch die Installation der Treiber für die Nvidia Grafikkarten |
| Steven | Application for NVIDIA Graphics cards that allows a users to have 32 virtual desktops, get a desktop larger than the viewable area of the monitor, divide the display across more than one monitor, manage applications, |
| XerO | Its the executable for the NVidia options and control panel. You don't need it on startup,uncheck it in msconfig |
| GaRHaR | it's a file that is used for nvidia drivers. It's not essential and you can safely remove it for faster boot up if you wish |
| Jason | you need this service to nicely manage multi display or tv-out setups etc... along with nvcpl.dll .... some trojans seem to break these and are difficult to fix because they rely on bits of IE 5.5 or higher to do pretty menus etc... mostly harmless in themselves... See also: Link |
| Paul | It is a pure Nvidea function with no malicious code whatsoever. |
| Ish | This enables extra nVidia options in the advanced settings for the display. |
| Programmer | I wrote it for Nvidia, it is not spyware. It is an optional component for the Nvidia Video drivers |
| dank | nwiz.exe is not harmful to the computer system. But this filename can be used by dangerous spyware and adware programs to mislead the user |
 Planetmaker | I've been watching NWIZ.EXE lately and in all honesty the file is harmless. For those that are paranoid, simply create a rule within SYGATE or ZONEALARM or whatever F/W you're running to prevent connection to net. |
| Yalin | Application that allows a users to have 32 virtual desktops, get a desktop larger than the viewable area of the monitor, divide the display across more than one monitor, manage applications, and many more features.Also if you want to manage multiple monitors this seems to be neccesary. |
| Rob | This is an nVidia driver control file that needs to be present if you have an nVidia graphics card. If you download any nVidia driver from the nVidia site, this file will be included in the package. See also: Link |
| David | Only dangerous if you use something other than nVidia card. Especially harmful to an ATI user. |
| Mike | Stop making up shit you morons. It's not spyware or a virus. |
| justin | its simply a nvidia program |
| Cesarporto | It´s a virus or NVIDIA system files? See also: Link |
| | Nvidia-Treiber. Glaub ich nur für Übertakter. NWIZ abschalten macht nix aus, zumindest nicht für mich. |
| Lone | This file is from NVIDIA software, and if contains any spyware, I think it's just to check if u have your license |
| Andrew | Sooner or later it'll bring you machine to its knees. Kill it ASAP. Really hard to investigate why, after boot/logon, hard disk is 100% busy. Well, it's nwiz. |
| Leonardo Müller | nwiz.exe is a part of NVidia's Nview features installable alongside it's graphics hardware products. This application will give the user access to additional features which allow the configuration of up to 32 monitors on a host, or to expand the desktop across many monitors. This is a non-essential process. Disabling or enabling this is down to user preference. |
| Robert Allen | I also checked with McAfee and it is reported to be a worm called Bat/Mumu See also: Link |
| Daniel in Florida | There are 2 nwiz.exe's. nwiz.exe is indeed a utility in NVidia but www.sophos.com reports there is a virus called Agobot which also uses that name as part of its process. Agobot meant it to mean Norton Wizzard. If you have an NVidia card it's useless if you have only one monitor and can be easily turned off with Msconfig.exe and it will not turn itself back on. That's why there are conflicting descriptions of it on this page. See also: Link |
| jack | for the twats who think it is a virus, stop being so paranid. but you may be correct, that is only if a virus has actually replaced the file or embedded itself in it. And everyone else, stop paisting exactly what is found on the 1st entry found when searching on google! We've all done that search and don't need to read it again. |
 Ambrose | What the heck is it doing on my PC when my monitor runs on an ATI graphic card? Waste of processing time=kill! kill! |
| Michelle | if it exists in the NVIDIA dir. and is about 450k maybe its OK. If its in system32 and difernt size, maybe kill it. |
| Daniel in Florida | There are 2 nwiz.exe's See also: Link |
| wayne | nvidea driver |
| Ric | nwiz.exe is a part of NVIDIA |
| Ian Armstrong | The normal location of nwiz.exe is C:\Windows\System32\nwiz.exe - if you find it somewhere else then it is a virus. There are plenty of viruses out there which do, in fact, mimic other core files. So long as nwiz.exe is in the correct place you have NOTHING to worry about. |
| Barry | I recently became aware of a nvwiz.exe entry in my startup menu of msconfig. This happened to be around the same time my machine became compromised by a Dialer.8 variant virus *received when browsing sites*. For the past year or so, I've only been using an ATI vid card. I removed it and added an entry into my BlackIce program to kill it immediately. |
| Wes | Personal Experience tells me there is a lack of clear information from invidia about this files use. But I do not believe it to be spyware or a virus or whatever. However I do think it may have a marked inpact on sys startup (win2k user here) |
| Dominic | See Yalin Mike and Leonardo Muller. Harmless and mostly painless. The NVCplDaemon and the control centre that run RUNDLL32.exe in the background can cause you to drop out of applications (Grey top bar) which is annoying if you are typing. If you really want the super extra options that nView Desktops provide, turn it off at the Status bar. NB a Clean Machine is a mean machine. |
| Kopros | nwiz.exe is a legitimate service for nVidia graphics cards. NWIZe.EXE (notice the extra 'e') is a different filename and a different story that Robert mentioned above. I also use Zonealarm firewall and this program has never ever requested access to internet! Again though, if you DO NOT have a nVidia graphics card, you'd better remove it from your system, otherwise, just let it do it's job. If it's eating your resources, re-install your VGA drivers to correct the problem. |
| Clay ................. | replaced video card it was working and I did a recovery on my computer and now my graphics look awlful when I am on the web. I dont have the software the came with the the video card at this time are there some other way that I can go about this to make everything look as it did before I did the recovery. Can I get this cleared up without the software and or disk............... |
| saltycpo | Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations. However, this isn"t necessary for the operation of your system. |
| ltc | its a display options driver! leave it alone or slow your card. you need this to run your g/c past safe (slow) mode. |
| | NVIDIA nView Control Panel I usally remove it from the registry under LOCAL_MACHINE run folder. |
| Mike Ryan | nwiz.exe may cause graphics in M/Soft Word not to display properly. Uncheck in msconfig. Major nuisance until found. |
| TÜRK | I have a Nvidia Card but I killed it and I had no Problem after killing |
| John | nwiz.exe of 725k in windows\system32 caused CorelDraw to crash. I deleted it, ok since. |
| valu | NVIDIA nView Control Panel. Wenn eine Nvidia-Grafikkarte installiert ist harmlos |
| Mark | Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations. However, this isn't necessary for the operation of your system. Xsoftspy will report it as the BAT.Mumu A virus because the virus will use this filename along with others. Search your system for Start.But if you think you have the virus and/or you do not have an nVidea card. |
| LaminatedNacho | absolutely harmless weather u keep the process running on your system or delete it just make sure u have a nvidia card |
| 1n4mat10n | unless you run multiple displays on an nvidia card you don't need it |
| Vince | my image still freezes, though i have a new card, all other components are also replaced, still same prob, i'm disabling for protection and see what happens |
| b boy | appeared when I updated nvidia driver- it's harmless |
| Yelena | It really has a malicious impact on an optical mouse, but there was a problem with NVidia card on this machine before |
| Dave | Xsoftspy identified it as Bat/Mumu-A. So I got symantec's Bat/Mumu-A removal tool and it said I didn't have the worm. I'd say it's safe even if it makes your optical mouse jitter on startup. |
| Kristina / Canada | nwiz.exe is a part of NVidia's Nview features installable alongside it's graphics hardware products. This application will give the user access to additional features which allow the configuration of up to 32 monitors on a host, or to expand the desktop across many monitors. This is a non-essential process. Disabling or enabling this is down to user preference. |
| geoff | this is not a worm, the worm is called "BAT/Mumu.worm" NWIZe.exe is a file associated with the worm. And Besides, its not even spelled the same. Notice the difference? |
| Joe | This file stops Print shop 15, 20 and printmaster (on HP PC) from displaying the graphics of the choosen project, yet "print preview" shows the graphic. |
| Charles "Gospelsinger" Vogt | It is needed for your nVidia video cards. Remove it if you do not have one!!! |
| Micheal James Lynn | Its like a keylogger if you get rid of it releases a worm and causes your computer to crash repeatally if in system 32 |
| Orion | i found it in my nvidia director but it was named nwiz.ex_... i found it also in system32 named nwiz.exe... what shoul i do? |
| W | I am now sure it is dangerous (more of a pest) It is not Nvidea but it downloads SAHAGENT and ADMILLI SERVICE onto your pc |
| Emma | "Daniel in" = right. Theres 2 separate NWIZ files. One is a virus, it calls itself "nwiz" short for "Norton Wizard" and pretends to be part of virus protection. The other is the NVIDIA Driver which you of course don't have to be scared of :) ... If you do a Windows Search, only the "NVIDIA Driver" file will come up. Trust me, I have the virus now and is a pain to get rid of (W32.Gaobot, details available @ http://securityresponse.symantec.com) I just upgraded my computer, and am no longer using NVIDIA Drivers, but still have the NWIZ.exe file on my harddrive cos anti-virus cant get rid of it! See also: Link |
| Louisiana | It is definately an InVidia file for your video card. Let it alone! |
| virtually lost | Prevents Quickbooks Pro (possibly others?) to backup. Unchecked in msconfig allows backups. |
| wmlagna | Nwiz.exe is a trojan w/ same name as the nvida util - kill it |
| Simba | The nwiz.exe process is usually a sign that your computer has been infected with the Gaobot or Agobot.iq viruses/trojans. However if you have an Nvidia graphics card, part of the nvidia drivers software will also run a process with this name. See also: Link |
| Sarah | Mine has nwiz.exe and then says installquiet. this is in system32 and surely suspicious. there is also a ez_sp thing. |
| konx | My machine kept restarting following bootup... I entered safe mode and disable nwiz.exe from my startup. System now works great. |
| aj | Random lock up's especially while surfing, used start/stop utility to prevent loading at start up and have had no further lock up problems. make your own minds up |
| KZT | You need it for your NVIDIA video card |
| Seann | There are 2 types of nwiz.exe. One of them being linked with nVidia graphics cards and the other being a virus. The virus file name is "nwiz.exe\ install". If this is the case delete it. |
| The Roppfather | Not a virus and actually useful for settings, etc... no harm in stopping it from loading during start-up using msconfig... boot time has improved slightly without it. I do NOT recommend deleting it altogether from your system though... |
| Gösta Suvinen | its both a Virus and nVidia graphic sevice and here is how to figure out how..Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup. |
| DUde | Video display driver, common |
| Yoda | NVIDIA driver |
| Hanan | Installed on Win98 at Windows\System. I run Norton Security; the NWIZ file disabled Norton Security, and prevented me from accessing and enabling this function. |
| Hanan | Installed on Win98 at Windows\System |
| Johnny | Can possibly cause Dell Laptops to lockout (blackscreen) and need reboot |
| Mac OSX user | It's a bootsector virus! |
| Shadow | At my PC, it shows as "nwiz.exe \install", and I recently deleted all my nVidia files because i chanched my card. |
| Burton | Assuming there is NVIDIA software installed you should find nwin.exe files at several locations. They are all different NVIDIA Nview Wizards. I am running Windows XP and my specifics are: C:/CABS/Winxp/Display/Nvidia4/nwiz C:/WINDOWS/system32/nwiz C:/WINDOWS/system32/ReinstallBackups/0007/DriverFiles/nwiz C:/NVIDIA Display Driver/nwiz C:/NVIDIA/Win2KXP/53.03/nwiz Some of the so-called ‘expertise’ being offered on this site will cause more damage than any virus I am aware of. Get a professional opinion before deleting stuff just because you don’t know what it is. |
| Jason | Its for nvidia gpu |
| Henny | I Use NIVDIA drivers, so no hurting as far as I know |
| | found on a PC that has an integrated intel graphics card and there has never been any nvidia drivers installed, |
| @lcapone | seem it on a friends machine that had Mozilla hijacked. It as installing at startup and it's anoying as hell. Try to delete it from startup registry entry and reboot and you will definitly see that there is something apart NVIDIA's utility out there. |
| Nick | Rated dangerous as it clashes badly with ATI product - constant freezes. Otherwise presumably useful if you have Nvidia graphics - poor devils |
| duke nukem | this file caused my floppy drive to activate and also created static on my television set. |
| Jonny Boy | It keeps crashing my ATI driver. I cant find it to delete it....HELP before I throw mu PC out the window!!! |
| Jeff | not really needed you can remove the auto start entry if your not using the nview features |
| SBrebels | Part of nVidia display drivers |
| Voxcrystal | Simply a default Nvidia service that is initiated by the installation of an Nvidia product (i.e. Graphics drivers) |
| Lauren | Every time I boot up, I get the pop up the nwiz.exe has experienced a problem & must close. I click "Don't send" but it pops up EVERY time! Very annoying. Can't get it to open, either. Saved it to a floppy, it's gone from my hard drive. |
| Chris | Burton is correct.... , and the intel integrated graphics card may use some sort of nvidia product or whatever you want to consider it..My brothers PC has nvidia listed in the Drivers from what he says, and he uses intergrated intel graphics and he recently formatted his computer. |
| Jimmy Jones | I just think it's funny that everyone is going on and on about nwiz being a virus, even going so far as to putting links up to prove it, when they all say that NWIZE.exe is a worm. Gee, I thought all geeks knew what a difference one character could make... |
| John 1 | If this file is a running process it is likely malcious code. Nvidia program runs manually. wathc for copy cat files. |
| Dee | Yeah Burton !! You tell them. Too many different opions here, don't mess with it if you don't know for sure. |
| Dan | i backed up the registry and went ahead and deleted it, my startup is now much much faster |
| Paul Brown | If theres no NVIDIA card installed on system then its 100% trojan virus. See also: Link |
| Paul Brown | If theres no NVIDIA card installed on system then its 100% trojan virus. See also: Link |
| Rickster | Hey, it's a legal process! Do not worry about it. nView enabler. |
| hunter | nwiz is a magical goose that lays golden eggs |
| Anonymous | Nvidia driver. Normal startup entry is "nwiz.exe /install". If this entry is accompanied by the name "Norton Wizzard" it is a virus,if the startup entry is named "nwiz.exe" or just "nwiz" it is an Nvidia graphics driver. If you have the "Norton Wizzard" version you should first go buy a good antivirus program like McAfee or Panda, then you should install it (after uninstalling Norton Antivirus-if you have it) then scan your entire computer. |
| john m | ok everyone who said this file is spyware or a virious is retarded nwiz is a nvidia driver addon it gives you extra options people are getting confused thier is a trojan called (NWIZe) is is bad just dont be stupid and get you're drivers from anywhere than manafacturs site or microsoft .com |
| coffeeaddict | I don't feel this file is dangerous, it's just a pain because I don't run nvidia graphics on my computer. I have deleted it from the startup and now should be fine. Don't know why it's there anyway. Factory installed graphics card and software, so doesn't make sense to me. |
| Dave. | Graphics card process, provided you have a NVidia card installed. As for Xoftspy proving it, Xoftspy was deemed a rogue program until just lately as it produced too many false positives !! |
| Softwarez | It is made by NIVIDIA as you know. But also used by the GOA virus. which uses the name as a mask. So check it out carefully. |
| tickle my nausea | it's completely safe, you morons. quit looking for something to cry about. |
| BIG_d | nVidea file and also Virus...depends which you have |
| Peter Hind | It had a serious negative impact on data entry in the Generations family tree program |
| Luke | This is an evil troll pulling wires and wrecking havoc in your case, you must eliminate it! |
| Ruppert Mongo | It is evil. It hit my cat with a stick real hard when he turned his back on my PC. Kill it! |
| Just Another Poster | I have run a little script that executes nwiz.exe - nwiz runs for a second or 2 then terminates. |
| Marty Francis | nwiz.exe may be a legitimate service for nVidia graphics cards. But it conflicts with Canon camera’s ZoomBrowser (version 5.5) on my XP Pro system. It causes the download from the camera (model G5) to freeze after about 4 plus images have been saved. The only way is to restart computer and try again. Run msconfig and untick it on the startup tab, reboot and your downloaded images will work okay. |
| Nelson | I agree it is for the Nvidia card but could still propogate crap on your PC in a different way. |
| | Makes your graphics card function at maximum capacity, but may slow down your comp if you have a shitty comp. Teh only reason it may slow you down is if you have no processing power to begin with. It can be dangerous if you don't have a NVidia Card. ANtiviruses that detect it detect it because there is an incredibly rare malware with the same name to disguise itself. If you have the card, it's not fake. |
| Jóhann | Says nwiz.exe /installquiet ... The only nwiz.exe on my pc (through search) is the official NVIDIA file, so it's harmless. |
| K-dog | If you have MS antispyware installed, run msconfig, uncheck it, reboot, check it, and anit spyware will pop up with details |
| The Snark | Found in C:\Windows\System32 folder. This program initiates the system check for multiple monitors as part of the N-VIDIA driver package. It runs then shuts down. It uses no resources after the initial operation. |
| tbone | its for when you first start nvidia. it remains there for if you create a new user profile |
| Tommy in Kentucky | Some ppl confuse the helloutta others... here is your "SIMPLE" nwiz problem solver. 1st go start search then type in search for nVidia. If the Nvidia file is found on your computer you are safe.. If not.. then you need to remove nwiz.exe. you can remove it using Hijackthis. |
| pudi | Jest to plik Nvidi :) |
| Stitch | Freshly installed computer with Windows 2000, found NWiz.exe in the system 32 folder. This is before I even connected it to the router. In other words, this file is SAFE. |
| Eli Kaminsky | This file is required to use NView which provides many options for the Nvidia display card. If you do not need these options(and most people don't), turn off NWiz from the Startup list in order to save resources and speed up the computer. But don't delete it as you might need it someday. I can't understand all this stuff in other posts when all you have to do is go to Nvida itself and look in its manual. However a shorter and clearer version is contained in this link. See also: Link |
| ELUKKA SAATANA | I scanned it eith Norton AntiVirus 2005, it doesnt find anything suspicious about it. System Mechanic 6 says it´s somekind GAGOBOT VIRUS. Who to believe? This Forum aint helping much ;) There has been some hassle with my GPU though, with 3dmark05 the points suddenly dropped from 3600 to 2900 and i cant get it work fine again. Even though i installed OS again. Damn NVIDIA! LAY SOME INFO OF YOUR PRODUCTS AND AND DANGERS IN THEM! |
| Peter | I know only that it is using 98 % of my CPU so it is anoying! |
| God Himself | Not dangerous at all but also entirely superfluous to requirements. You can safely dump all the Nvidia crap from the run key and dispense with the unnecessary resource wastage produced by these files. |
| LuvJeans | I have a nvidia card and just added a ATI TV tuner which worked for a couple days and went down hill from there. I disabled the nwiz and after re-installing the ATI tuner all is well. Bottom line is ATI does not play nice with others. Also disabling nwiz has had no impact except loads faster.. |
| Skippy | It is for Nvida graphic card but when i deleted it it made my cars back tires go flat leave it alone |
| Shalianahe | nwiz.exe is a part of NVIDIA |
| reesedog | WinXP in Sys32 folder. Ran it and it is used to start the Nview Setup Wizard |
| | I know it’s for nvidia, but I’ll never allow it on my computer again, in the future. Yes, it was just a normal nvidia file but not anymore, not on my machine. Now I got the nwiz virus and I can tell you, it’s spelled the same way! It’s just gone entirely mad. It’s connecting and disconnecting my internet every 500 millisecond (you even have the normal windows graphic information popping up with the same speed), and are killing some of the keyboards buttons, but if you should be so lucky, that the net works when you enter windows, you are finding spam and popup´s. |
| pink | there is a virus named the same, NVIdia does have this file also. For all the supposed "morons" that we might be, it is pretty obvious that people that make viruses, use system file names to hide the files. This way those "smart" people will think that they dont have a virus. What do you think virus makers are morons? |
| Antonio - Salta - Argentina | Algunas veces el ocio resulta alimento para los terroristas de todos los niveles. nwix.e de 1.519.616 kb es solo el NVIDIA nView Wizard, Version 110.10 y como dijo alguien de mas arriba "Dejenlo en paz" |
| Gavin | Its a part of nVidia drivers - Harmless (and probably necessary in some cases |
| scott b | Well, I guess I'm completely confused now. Very helpful, not. |
| lapdogg | mine says nwiz.exe/install/quiet/keeploaded/nodetect / whats up with that |
| Rod W. | comes up on XP at startup with message 'OLEPRO32.DLL not found' |
| George | This file is made by nvidia,so if you have any other graphics card installed in your pc I recommend you delete it or remove it from your startup.In other words it can also be spyware,adware,viruses and worms |
| Vernon Conan Chan (Mechpaladin) | nwiz.exe is the NVIDIA nView Wizard - A multi display application which NVIDIA uses. This file is normally located at C:\Windows\System32\nwiz.exe |
| | it caused my computer to explode violently. there were several people injured by my PCi cards flying out of the case. the only way to be completely safe is to install every virus scanner and spyware detection program in existance, all at the same time. you should also remove your hard disk, take the screws out, and clean it with a damp cloth. Don't spit on it tho, use methylated spirits. thats assuming you still have a hard disk after the computer explodes.....I mean come on people, Its been stated umpteen thousand times on this site, that it is an NVIDIA service. |
| Joe.hidden | Used for NView on NVidia Cards. No NVidia Card- remove. Double Ceck: Doubleclick teh file. If a Setups-Screen with NVidia Logo appears all is OK. See also: Link |
| | It made my toaster pop up early and my tv shorted out. It's just for the Nvidia |
| anonyme | when i start my pc a little pig named nwiz.exe come on my screen and shut my pc off |
| AB | You could try looking here for more info. This put my mind at rest. See also: Link |
| Hell Ghost | If u have nvidia card or software, better leave it alone. Ang ta-tanga nyo naman! |
| Dave | keep it if you have a nvid card and its not a remaned worm in a file other than win... |
| AGL | It makes Nvidia work faster and more stable. No Nvidia kill it!! |
| Hasfir Jabidol | I have muchly experienced with dis file, it is very of usefull type for graphics and not harmfulling my PC at all times. I keep it on my PC for all times running programs. |
| Becky | After having my computer (with an Nvidia card) for a year, suddenly this nwiz.exe was trying to access the internet today! Luckily Zone Alarm caught it and I set it to ALWAYS DENY it's access to the internet. If this is a "harmless interface" why the heck is it trying to access the internet after so long!? |
| mistypeach | It just appeared in startup , dont know why, but ZONEALARM and ASR didnt mind, and it didnt seem to cause any problems; I removed it and also doesnt cause a problem; so far now its gone... |
| qrk | NVidia desktop manager. If you use nView Desktop manager functions, you need nwiz. Otherwise, you can remove it from your boot process. |
| Nick Ford | I was looking through the msconfig to tell it what programs to start up and found this file. I've had my NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 Video Card for about two months and I haven't had any problems but I read at the top that it's a mass mailer program. I now know how i got signed up for spam. To make sure though, delete it and everything of it off from your hard drive and create a new e-mail. Either it is nwiz.exe /install or your e-mail provider that gives your e-mail away to third-parties. |
| Paul | My spyware removal program NoAdware (ver3) tells me its Gaobot.adv virus, have tried to delete it but my system refuses to work properly without it? |
| peter e | Ran a check with HiJackThis and wasn't familiar with the entry. ZoneAlarm says it has never tried to access the internet. Doesn't appear to cause any problems. |
| Jose | Nvidia - it appeared first time after installing the newest Nvidia drivers, never connects to net, only if you want to update online ;) |
| ron | nvidia video card |
| Alexander I. | Turn on my computer, and some process slows it down. Find out that nwiz.exe does that, although I do not use NVidia more than month. So one of two : malware or lameware. |
| Drew | This file is used to asist in the control of display drivers published by NVIDIA. Understand your computer fully before commenting on things you know nothing about. There are too many computer "experts" out there. |
| SurferJoe46 | Since I have multiple monitors and a GeForce5500 Ultra O/C card, this is necessary and useful. I don't see why it can be called spyware. If you don't have a card by that manufacturer, then I'd be worried about it. Other than that, it's very safe and good. |
| Norm | okay, just for the record when you update your nvidia drivers you will most likely have included the following 3 autostart items.....NvCplDaemon, NvMediacentre and Nwiz.exe. NvCplDaemon - Initializes the clock and memory settings on nVidia based cards. Enable if you overclock your card. NvMediaCentre - Is basically the system tray icon. Nwiz - Improves desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations, however isn't necessary for the operation of your system. Hope this offers some clarity See also: Link |
| Dave | This file makes my Norton AntiVirus unable to work properly, it turns off the auto-protect and i cannot turn it back on. The only way i found was to terminate the process of nwiz.exe and then my antivirus works normally. |
| Jay | Its a non-essential driver file from Nvidia, if you think you have have a virus with the same name delete it and reinstall the detonator driver suite, (only if you have a Nvidia graphics card obviously). |
| | It is installed with Nvidea drivers as part of any Nvidea graphics card, the problem is conflict with poorly specced spyware and Anti virus. |
| | If you have a nvidia graphics card then leave this, if u dont then get rid auto or it will mess ur graphics up |
| Jeff - Support Desk | nVidia nView service - not dangerous at all. See also: Link |
| | Its a file that your NVIDIA grapics cards requires, DO NOT REMOVE! |
| Ozzie | It comes in the Nvidia driver package for support of the companys video devices. |
| King of All Losers | Can safely be removed from startup. |
| Frank | I know it's the nvidia driver but IE 7.0 (Betat anyway) has a problem with it. When nwiz.exe is running, you can't use the ctrl key to select multiple options in IE - when you ctrl-click on an option it opens a new window (not a new tab). So I guess technically it's IE7.0's fault, but I need IE more than nvidia so I had to get rid of nwiz.exe. |
| 100 wrong opinions - save two. | I'd like to know 90 percent are so sure hey know what this file is. I only saw ONE person make the correct statement. nwiz.exe /install is valid. nwiz.exe "Norton Wizzard" is not. The rest of you go study science fundementals, update your brain's logic See also: Link |
| Who cares | This is an optional extra within your nvidia installation. It is not a virus or other malicious script so stop ya moaning ladies and stop trying to make something out of nothing. |
| Demoralizer | first off, it's for the nVidia yes.. but it's not malware - and it doesn't serve a purpose - infact i removed it with "hijackthis" and it didn't do any damage (contrary to some dweebs think here). it's for installing new updates - which I don't need - since it was taking 21% of cpu - who needs that when you don't use it?? You don't need something that is resident that does nothing most of the time - it's smarter to manually download anyhow - anytime you get a new game, it updates your card anyhow silly folk. |
| CnC | It's installed with drivers. don't need it, unless you have 2 screens. Let me just say this... I disabled it and my computer was like a whole new system. Gamming, internet and overall perfomane was noticable. I think it jams itself up with the ew interface, |
| Max Power | Its something from an Amiga Emulator (WinUAE) and its in the autostart "nwiz.exe / install". Strange :-/ |
| But is it necessary... | If you have an NVIDIA card, then right click on your desktop & bring up the NVIDIA control panel. Within that there is an item called "Desktop Management." On that panel there is an "About" button. Click this button & you'll get a window with a button labeled, "Versons." Click it & all is then revealed. Every associated NVIDIA filename with a description is listed, one of which is (drum-roll) "NWIZ.EXE" -- and the description tells you it's the "nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard." Harmless: absolutely. But necessary or worth keeping: no reliable information available so far. |
| skvatboy | NVIDIA nView Control Panel See also: Link |
| Magus | this process can be either a legitmate service or a virus. If you want to be paranoid just dump it so long as you aren't using an nvidia card with multiple displays you should notice no ill effects... if your really paranoid see the above it caused my computer to explode violently post and follow his directions... good luck.. |
| NVIDIA co-wo- | is a part of NVIDIA config settings. BUT if you don't have NVIDIA card installed, delet it for sure (spam collector), otherwise leave it! It helps to change your resolution and graphics real fast. See also: Link |
| Krisco | Not dangerous |
| Googleplex | Just go to the sys32 directory and dbl-click the file to see it's an nVidia program, just like a billion others have said. |
| | NVIDIA TREIBER! Um Filme zum TV schicken zu können. Das Menü das diese Dienst erzeugt wird benötigt um das Bild vom Monitor zu klonen (für TV Bild) |
| Chris Australia | This is part of your dirver installation of an nVidia Graphics card. Anyone who has an nVidia Card will have this in their system. if ur an ati user u should have it. if u do its prob cos ur previous card was an nvidia. See also: Link |
| Zugbug | It is part of nvidia's control panel |
| Tom | On my computer in sys config it says ( nwiz.exe/installquiet/keeploaded/nodetect) something about that doesnt sound right. I have an nvidia card but why would it not even be in like C: it just starts the file location with nwiz.exe |
| Brad | I have an HP Pavilion dv8380us Notebook with Nvidia graphics AND Windows XP preinstalled. So nwiz.exe is in the system 32 folder but it's still not dangerous. |
| Luxiter | Is a nvdia driver part |
| Peter | Nachtrag zu nwiz.exe: Assistent für die Konfiguration von nView-Desktop-Manager. Startet mit einem Doppelklick. |
| Luke | It was installed when i installed the drivers for my nvidia gpu absolutely harmless just makes the desktop manager quicker to load up. |
| Bernie | Just updated drivers for my video card and nwiz.exe showed up. No idea what it does, but I stopped it from loading. |
| Steve V. | Provides Nvidia special features See also: Link |
| DJonas | Kommt mit den nVidia Treibern leider keine nähere beschreibung für den taskmanager und andere prozesscontroll-programme |
| Amy | We were having problems with our Bridge inspection software locking up for a period of time, we used easycleaner to remove the nwiz.exe from the startup and rebooted and now have no problems with our software. I beleive that it is constantly trying to access the internet for updates to the Nvidia graphics card and it causes problems. I don't think it is malicious, just a nuisance. |
| Larry R. Fairbank | It screws up my CAD app. |
| Dan | nwiz.exe /install - Nvidia control panel, you can disable it in MSConfig, but I wouldn't recommend it, since I think you need it running for auto fan control to work. So if you switch it off and then your GFX card gets hot under load, nvidia cp might not increase the fan speed to compensate. you also need to keep it checked in MSConfig if you use ntune to overclock, if you use a diff program then you might be ok disabling it. |
| joseph | this file seems harmless, but unnecessary. |
| colin ford | all i know is i have changed my card from a 5200 to 6200 and it came along with it norton never picked it up and neither did spywaredoctor but i must say i cant get a suitable driver to run this card there is a vga prob and i have done everything so it looks like the old 5200 is going back |
| Kees | Do with it whatever you want. It's from NVidia, that's for sure. It uses almost no RAM, so it won't slow down your computer in anyway. I just don't know exactly what it is for, cause after I killed that process, I can still manage my dualmonitor setup. So it's safe to remove, but if you want to let it run, you won't experience problems either. |
| Andi | Totally safe. nVIDIA nView manager. |
| CorruptaL | ITs important component for Nvidia ...thts all |
| Brian - Tech | nVidia druver rile. To prove, load a machine with a clean comp of XP and then install the nvidia drivers. You'll see it running after that. |
| | it is nwiz.exe in the system 32 folder, seems to do nothing at all. However reeding everyone elses comments it may be a good idea to deny acces to net using firewall |
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