NSSM is designed to be a more flexible and robust alternative to the built-in Windows service manager. It supports a wide range of features, including service monitoring, restarting, and configuration through a simple command-line interface.
NSSM is often flagged by antivirus software as "potentially unwanted software" because threat actors use its legitimate ability to restart processes for maintaining persistence Weak File Permissions (LPE): In some third-party software installers (e.g., Apache CouchDB 2.0.0 Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 ), the directory containing nssm-2.24 exploit
—it is a configuration weakness inherited from Windows service security models. Any service installer (sc, PowerShell) faces the same risk. NSSM is designed to be a more flexible
: To mitigate these risks, ensure all service paths in the registry are enclosed in double quotes and consider upgrading to the 2.25 pre-release or newer, which addresses several 2.24-specific bugs. NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager Odoo 12.0.20190101 - 'nssm.exe' Unquoted Service Path Any service installer (sc, PowerShell) faces the same risk