The netbt.sys process is also known as the MBT Transport driver and it is owned by the Microsoft Corporation. This process incorporates NetBios over Internet Protocol and Transmission Control Protocol. The netbt.sys process is a 32-bit executable file that needs no direct user interface. Its Drivers directory contains driver files commonly with a .SYS extension. This Device driver enables Windows and other applications to work with different communication protocols like TCP/IP and hardware devices. The original files come with two security hashes for the netbt.sys process. This security hash is developed with the use of scanning all bytes within the given file as identical files must have the same hashes. MD5 is considered to be outdated and less secure than the newer SHA1. The netbt.sys file is a PE style file and is not internally referenced by any other file. This process is a device driver and is a component of the standard Windows file set from Microsoft. This program is considered to be safe and secure by its users.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as NT File System Driver, 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 netbt.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 netbt.sys, belongs to, in this case NT File System Driver