Windows 10: New internet adapters appearing randomly

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Last time I checked there were only five of those extra adapters. I thought they were made by VirtualBox, but since then I haven't used VirtualBox and new adapters have still been appearing. Any ideas what could be causing this?

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Life after installation - issues

Have my new Ethernet Adapter. The new adapter still disconnects randomly (I switched off the power setting where the computer can switch it off if idle - to no effect). However I didn't disconnect from my game when the adapter switched off. It restarted
quickly and didn't need me to use the troubleshooter.

When the adapter switches off I get the "de dum" sound of something disconnecting and the yellow "!" appears in the internet connection.

I think this is a serious issue with windows 10. The fact this has had no replies at all is worrying.

 

BSOD Crashes, error 0x000001d3

I've been getting several BSOD crashes with an error code of 0x000001d3. Using BlueScreenView, the errors seem to be coming from "qcamain10x64.sys"
which is my built-in internet driver. Any help? They seem to appear randomly every hour of use or so.

Acer Aspire V 13 Touch, serial code V3-372T-5051

Internet is Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4A Wireless Adapter.

 

Do you have office 2013 installed? It can cause this.

 

Hmm yes I do. Should I remove it or is there some sort of fix available?

BTW I removed all the adapters two weeks ago but one by one they kept coming back. Just checked and they're all there again.

 

Unfortunately I have this problem too and it is driving me crazy. Do you by coincidence also have the problem of your folder view settings not saving? For example, open a folder, change the view settings to something different, go to different folder and then back, has it reverted to something else?

I have a suspicion it is somehow connected

 

Nope. I just checked and I don't have that problem. However no new network adapters have appeared since removing Office 2013 so that might really have been the source of the problem.

 

After some googling I found this method and it worked for me: LINK

Do the following& they will disappear

Win+R -> Type in "msinfo32" press Enter.
Now you will see the following Console Window.
MSinfo32 console
In the left pane navigate to components ->Network -> Adapter Here you can see all the Network Adapters listed Find the TAP adapters and see the Driver location as shown in the below image

Location of TAP adapter driver
I have given a sample image as i have already deleted the TAP adapters. Don't delete the Microsoft Adapters. Find the Tap adapters location in listed adapters & go to the location for example: "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\TAP.sys" and delete them.
After this Just Go to device Management and uninstall the TAP adapters under Network Adapters.
Note: While uninstalling tick the option "Delete the Driver" if asked for a prompt.
That's it u r done

 

Yes that was mentioned in the link I just posted as well.