Thatdocument was written back for KMS for the Windows OS, not specifically for Office. From looking at it it seems like the KMS Activation on the later versions of office is a bit different, you might get away with running the following commands on the client systems when they go into maintenance;
The installation with PlayOnLinux worked flawlessly but the not long afterwards the activation notification pops up with "Error 0x8007232B" in the bottom left corner informing that the KMS services host was not found.
(Note: I would love to exclusively use LibreOffice but unfortunately it's the usual story: I have to collaboratively work on documents with complex tables and figures shared with Microsoft Office users, despite being able to save in the same file formats these figures are invariably interpreted differently by the various office applications.)
The legit KMS Connection Broker process; i.e. SppExtComObj.exe, is located in C:\Windows\System32 and used for license validation processing of Microsoft products. As such, it should only be connecting to IP addresses associated with Microsoft license validation support servers.
Also are you using a static IPv4 DNS address provided by your ISP? In this case, the router's DHCPv4 server is not used to assign a DNS server IP address from your local allocated subnet address range.
Another possibility of what's going on is some type of local hidden proxy activity is occurring on your device. In a local proxy scenario, your outbound Internet traffic would be directed to for example, IP address, 10.3.0.20. Then from there to the actual destination IP address. Hidden local proxies are used for man-in-the-middle interception and/or redirection activities . You might want to check your Windows localhost file for any modifications.
Key Management Service (KMS) is used to activate Microsoft products on clients using generic keys against a Volume Activation Service, hosted on a remote server. Legally owned volume licenses are installed on the server and activation is required typically every 180 days to keep the products activated on client machines. For more information, please refer to the Understanding KMS article by Microsoft.
Hacktools using KMS activation emulate a fake KMS server on the local computer and trick Microsoft products to activate against it. Products activated this way have temporary valid license and when installing such hacktools, a task is often created to automatically renew it every 60 days.
I went to the adlice site and installed its RogueKiller scanner, it found afew things, including Hotspot Shield (really a virus?), babylon and a Autokms folder containing 2 ini and log files. What should I do now? I think Eset itslef didn't detect these because I disabled "potentially unwanted applications".
Whom did you acquire your PC from? There have been multiple past postings from individuals in the Middle East purchasing their PC from a local computer shop or the like only to find later that a KMS cracker was installed and/or other software crackers.
As far as Babylon, etc. adware an the like, enable Eset potentially unwanted and unsafe application plus suspicious settings. Then set protection and reporting levels to aggressive for all. Finally, run an Eset On-demand scan as Administrator.
Note: you will probably have to set an Eset detection exclusion for any KMS cracking software detected unless you intend to purchase a Windows and/or MS Office license. Or, you receive one from the source you purchased you device from.
Many years ago I purchased the brand new pc with windows 7 pre-installed, then upgraded to windows 10 (for free), so windows is original. The only thing I doubt is that l borrowed it to my friend for a week, & he might have installed something like Office on it, & must have been uninstalled after, because now there is no office on it.
I will scan it as you suggested, meanwhile I can disallow any suspicious request like kms connection broker in the firewall. Isn't it effective? or it's possible it can do its activity without my notice?
KMSPico replaces the original key with the volume licensed key and creates a emulated instance of KMS server locally avoiding online activation. So your Windows system can't connect to online server and continues to work with that replaced license key thinking it as original key.Jun 4, 2018
-EDIT- Also you should be able to uninstall the KMS activitor. Look for KMSpico in Win 10 installed programs per this article: -to-uninstall-kmspico/ . If not found there, assume you had a malware version of it installed.
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