The sbtis.sys process is a driver file that is called as Sunbelt TDI Inspection System, which is a part of the software product Sunbelt Personal Firewall, developed by Sunbelt Software, Inc., and digitally signed from GFI Software Inc. (Symantec Time Stamping Services Signer - G3). The sbtis.sys driver file that makes up the software is an essential component, and is usually found in C:\Windows folder or C:\Program Files folder. Also known as CounterSpy, Sunbelt Personal Firewall is actually originated from the program Kerio Personal Firewall, which is its former name and originally created by Kerio Technologies. It was the year 2005 in December when Sunbelt Software, Inc. acquired the product as its own. As of these days, the Sunbelt Personal Firewall software is no longer available for purchase or download. It’s already been discontinued since May of 2011, while technical support for the application has been stopped since December 2011.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Sunbelt Personal Firewall, 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 sbtis.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 sbtis.sys, belongs to, in this case Sunbelt Personal Firewall