What is nvinit.dll?

nvinit.dll is part of NVIDIA D3D shim drivers and developed by NVIDIA Corporation according to the nvinit.dll version information.

nvinit.dll's description is "NVIDIA shim initialization dll, Version 425.31 "

nvinit.dll is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation-PE-Prod-Sha1.

nvinit.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on nvinit.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameNVIDIA D3D shim drivers
Company nameNVIDIA Corporation
File descriptionNVIDIA shim initialization dll, Version 425.31
Internal namenvinit
Original filenamenvinit.dll
Legal copyright(C) 2019 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version25.21.14.2531
File version25.21.14.2531

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

Product nameNVIDIA D3D shim drivers
Company nameNVIDIA Corporation
File descriptionNVIDIA shim initialization dll, Vers..
Internal namenvinit
Original filenamenvinit.dll
Legal copyright(C) 2019 NVIDIA Corporation. All rig..
Product version25.21.14.2531
File version25.21.14.2531

Digital signatures [?]

nvinit.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNVIDIA Corporation-PE-Prod-Sha1
Certificate issuer nameNVIDIA Subordinate CA 2018-Prod-Sha1
Certificate serial number7faaf91366752da74e3313f56930df4d

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5feebd886bc4973828ea43cf450c7f9ef
SHA25631998d56e3b80e788102446c75a809076fd8893d6fad35c2f8aa50158663fc46

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