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How to remove an nwiz error


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Nwiz.exe file information

The process known as NVIDIA nView Wizard (version 110.60, 110.14, 110.38, 110.26, 110.48, 111.32, 66.93, 110.05, 110.10, 120.02, 52.16, 67.42, 45.23, 100.40, ...) or NVIDIA nView Control Panel (version 28.32, 28.46) belongs to software NVIDIA nView Wizard or NVIDIA Display Control Panel or NVIDIA nView Control Panel or NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager or NVIDIA Drivers or Microsoft Data Access by NVIDIA (www.nvidia.com).

Description: The file nwiz.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 1,519,616 bytes (41% of all occurrences), 1,626,112 bytes and 42 more variants. http://www.file.net/process/nwiz.exe.html 
The program has a visible window. The process starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices, C:\Windows\win.ini). Nwiz.exe is not a Windows core file. Therefore the technical security rating is 20% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
In the event of any problems with nwiz.exe, you might want to uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > Microsoft Data Access).

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If nwiz.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files", the security rating is 4% dangerous. The file size is 1,753,192 bytes (40% of all occurrences), 1,632,360 bytes and 5 more variants. The program has a visible window. Nwiz.exe is a Verisign signed file. The file has a digital signature. The process is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices, C:\Windows\win.ini). Nwiz.exe is not a Windows core file.
In the event of any problems with nwiz.exe, you might want to uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager or NVIDIA Display Control Panel).

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

  • "Norton Wizzard" definitely not required. Added by the GAOBOT.ZX or GAOBOT.ADV WORMS! Note - this is not the valid nVidia application that shares the same name
  • "nwiz" is not required to run at start up. 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

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as nwiz.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the nwiz.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.



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User Comments

People don't seem to understand that a virus can be installed by deleting the NVIDIA nwiz.exe which is safe and then writing itself in the same place and call itself "nwiz.exe" and then when windows starts next time the bad "nwiz.exe" runs instead of the safe nwiz.exe.So if you have the bad copy then yes its bad.
  george farnsworth  
Nwiz.exe is part of the N-Video adapters and allows me to rotate my rotable monitor, I need it and love this feature as part of capabilities of video display adapters using the NVIDIA engine
  Impressions G  
nVidia Desktop Manager Assistent
  Peter  
Found nwiz in System32 files, size 1,583k. At 11:22am today, my CPU usage hit 100% and the HardDrive light was constantly on. I checked the file details and it said it was modified, you guessed it, at 11:22, 08/03/2012. Deleted it and the HardDrive stopped and CPU usage went back down to 3%. If you find it and its as big as mine was...KILL IT!
  Truthseeker  
It caused a problem with MS Excel. Excel would open but then nothing would work. None of the buttons in the menu setup.
  Tom Wallin  
I looked through a lot of the information and ran the checks. If you have the virus it will be accompanied by the Norton Wizzard, or it will say nwize.exe in the msconifg list. Otherwise it is Nvidia like the one my laptop runs on.
  Rob in Ohio  
The nwiz.exe process is directly associated with the NVIDIA nView Wizard used for the configuration of the NVIDIA nView Control Panel, which is intended to maximize the capabilities of video display adapters using the NVIDIA engine
  Jamie Razek  
this is only process NVidia Gforce.
  Karion  
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Summary: Average user rating of nwiz.exe: based on 290 votes with 9 reviews.
178 users think nwiz.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 14 users think it's probably harmless. 46 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 14 users suspect danger. 38 users think nwiz.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 23 users doesn't grade nwiz.exe ("not sure about it").


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