The module nwinkfwd.sys, known as NWLINK2 Forwarder Driver belongs to the software IPX Traffic Forwarder Driver by Microsoft. The IPX Traffic Forwarder Driver service is a kernel driver in Windows XP Service and Windows Vista. The IPX offers an option for service providers for an IP based traffic of network-to-network interface rather than using the Internet. The IPX Traffic Forwarder Driver contains the files that support this functionality in the computer. For example, a mobile operator can communicates with the computer using IPX rather than the Internet. The IPX telecommunications interconnection is supported by the executable file in the module nwinkfwd.sys, which will load the DLL files necessary to support the connection. Since the kernel driver executes in the kernel mode, it means the driver must be stable to be able to switch virtual memory contexts between processes. When a system is in the kernel mode, it is assumed that the action that will be executed is a secure process, so the kernel driver can execute any instruction and reference any memory addresses.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as IPX Traffic Forwarder 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 nwlnkfwd.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 nwlnkfwd.sys, belongs to, in this case IPX Traffic Forwarder Driver