The ipnat.sys process is also known as the IP Network Address Translator, which belongs to the Microsoft Windows Operating System and is developed by the Microsoft Corporation. The process is digitally signed from the Microsoft Windows. The application can be started or stopped within the Control Panel or by other programs. It is the Windows core system file and the process has no visible window. It is considered to be trustworthy file from Microsoft. It seems to be a compressed file. It has the technical security rating of 0% dangerous, making it absolutely safe for the user to run within his or her computer system. It is considered to useful and convenient by the user and should not be terminated. However, precautions should be exercised just in case that the file is a vulnerable file to be attacked by malicious threats such as virus, adware, Trojan, worm and the like, which may harm the computer system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as IP Network Address Translator, 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 ipnat.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 ipnat.sys, belongs to, in this case IP Network Address Translator