Drivers for NVidia motherboards, or nForce chipsets on motherboards, will install the file nsvcip.exe. This is a file that is relevant to NVidia Firewall; but is not considered as essential to system processes. This is a relatively unknown file, when it comes to what its main purpose is. The only detail that is commonly mentioned by users is that it is a part of the firewall installed by the NVidia driver. Its average RAM space is pegged at only 6 MB; however, there have been numerous mentions of high CPU utilization by just this one process, going as high as 60%. Aside from this issue, there were no mentions of other concerns, specifically with Trojan intrusions or malware attacks that can be linked to the nsvcip.exe file. The file could run as a Windows service during startup, and stay running in the background while the machine is turned on. It is up to the user whether to disable it or keep it active.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. nsvcip.exe. is used by Nvidia, If you shut down nsvcip.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop nsvcip.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Nvidia, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed nsvcip.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Nvidia, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if nsvcip.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that nsvcip.exe, belongs to, in this case Nvidia