Bridge.sys or also referred to as MAC Bridge Driver, is a driver for Windows, specifically for MAC bridge ports that are installed with the tunneling software for sharing of internet connections, such as WiFi and 3G networks. With this system driver file, multiple internet adapters can be linked together and share one available internet connection. This file, though created by Microsoft, is not a windows core file. If sharing of internet connection is no longer supported or used by the computer, this file can safely be uninstalled without any damage to the operating system. Bridge.sys is located inside the driver subfolder of System 32 of Windows folder inside the local hard drive directory. File size is approximately 71 KB and is not showing any visible window when running. This system file also has access to automatically connect to an available network and reads the input from peripherals or hardware attached to the computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Windows Operating System, 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 bridge.sys. 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 bridge.sys, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Windows Operating System