What is NvProfileUpdater64.exe?

NvProfileUpdater64.exe is part of NVIDIA driver profile updater and developed by NVIDIA Corporation according to the NvProfileUpdater64.exe version information.

NvProfileUpdater64.exe's description is "NVIDIA driver profile updater"

NvProfileUpdater64.exe is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation.

NvProfileUpdater64.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Update Core\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about NvProfileUpdater64.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on NvProfileUpdater64.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNVIDIA driver profile updater
Company nameNVIDIA Corporation
File descriptionNVIDIA driver profile updater
Internal nameNVIDIA driver profile updater
Original filenameNvProfileUpdater.exe
Legal copyright(C) 2016 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version23.0.10.0
File version23.0.10.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameNVIDIA driver profile updater
Company nameNVIDIA Corporation
File descriptionNVIDIA driver profile updater
Internal nameNVIDIA driver profile updater
Original filenameNvProfileUpdater.exe
Legal copyright(C) 2016 NVIDIA Corporation. All rig..
Product version23.0.10.0
File version23.0.10.0

Digital signatures [?]

NvProfileUpdater64.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNVIDIA Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number14781bc862e8dc503a559346f5dcc518

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the NvProfileUpdater64.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the NvProfileUpdater64.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD540e8cf7d2c0f8d227202dffe8d9ce0bc
SHA256f12e729d8bf6f8f2b2e20fd62857fdefa891ff3365ded325e635d6fc0c799bd6

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to nvprofileupdater64.exe:

nvprofileupdater64.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

nvprofileupdater64.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

NVIDIA driver profile updater has stopped working.

End Program - nvprofileupdater64.exe. This program is not responding.

nvprofileupdater64.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

nvprofileupdater64.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 88% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 43 users.

User vote results: There were 38 votes to remove and 5 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

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# 20 May 2017, 20:55

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Scott: Thank you very much for the feedback! I'm happy to hear you found the info on NvProfileUpdater64.exe file useful. It's a file from NVIDIA, so it should be perfectly safe.

And yes, I know what you mean with those annoying spam sites.

Have a nice day!

# 25 May 2017, 5:07

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