Windows 10: Can anyone please tell me, what npcap does and why we need it?

Can anyone please tell me, what npcap does and why we need it?

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The Npcap Loopback Adapter

I used IOBit Uninstaller and uninstalled NPCap in the list. This solved the problem and the adapter was deleted. I had this adapter sinds yesterday when I installed Bitdefender Homescanner. I believe it's harmless, but deleted it nevertheless.

 

The Npcap Loopback Adapter

To at least answer one of your questions of what the npcap loopback adapter is part of;

• Nmap: the Network Mapper - Free Security Scanner
• Npcap: Windows Packet Capture Library & Driver

I had the same thing after installing nmap. I'm studying for system / network administrator and I used this program to scan an entire network, selected host or single server for open ports (can also be used for other scans).

A quick way of finding out if the following program is installed, go to start and type Nmap

Nmap - Zenmap GUI should pop up.

Underneath an example of a scan I did on my own website (can also be targeted)

 

The Npcap Loopback Adapter

I performed this process and found it only disabled Npcap Loopback Adapter.