What is the "kms.exe" ?

Our database contains 39 different files for filename kms.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name kms.exe. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 4 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process kms.exe.

In most cases, kms.exe is a KMS emulator - MS Windows office activation application - a kind of hacking tool if You want, mostly marked by antiviruses as HackTool.Win32.Keygen, but in fact just hacking the MS Office registration check service. Use it at Your own risk.


Since the name of the file is very short, same name is used by more applications. In next version e.g. as a part of the HP Data Protector - Key Management Server. This application serves as a complete storage for encryption keys. Check more information on HP pages : http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/software.html?compURI=1336923#.UWghsrU73Gs :

"Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) is a complete solution for generating, storing, serving, controlling and auditing access to data encryption keys. It enables you to protect and preserve access to business-critical, sensitive, data-at-rest encryption keys, either locally or remotely."

Everytime check the respective MD5 variant of the file and related reviews.

kms.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "kms.exe"

Product:
(Empty Value)
Company:
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Description:
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Version:
(Empty Value)
MD5:
b3b9295385f4e74d023181e5a24f4d83
SHA1:
191d401b0afdb39aa6a6b6c2dfb366e5e64be2ba
SHA256:
0585cdc0293ea6b8c86482608c08c583bf32e12cfa59d143f4a0411d2894c0f3
Size:
77824
Directory:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Attivazione Automatica Office
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
Medium oc1

Is the Process "kms.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
Latest new variant of the file with name "kms.exe" was discovered 4562 days ago. Our database contains 3 variants of the file "kms.exe" with final rating Safe and 1 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "kms.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "kms.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file E:\Program Files\MSoffice\Data.PARADISE\SKEL\88f51ed01850b48758671dba2d4155475c372d2\kms.exe (Variant: 12863688)

    In most cases, kms.exe is a KMS emulator - MS Windows office activation application - a kind of hacking tool if You want, mostly marked by antiviruses as HackTool.Win32.Keygen, but in fact just hacking the MS Office registration check service. Use it at Your own risk.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %TEMP%\is-3RENB.tmp\kms.exe (Variant: 15123626)

    kms.exe is a KMS emulator - MS Windows office activation application - a kind of hacking tool if You want, mostly marked by antiviruses as HackTool.Win32.Keygen, but in fact just hacking the MS Office registration check service. Use it at Your own risk.

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %PROGFILES64%\OmniBack\bin\kms.exe (Variant: 15138016)

    This file is part of the HP Data Protector - Key Management Server. This application serves as a complete storage for encryption keys. Check more information on HP pages : http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/software.html?compURI=1336923#.UWghsrU73Gs : "Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) is a complete solution for generating, storing, serving, controlling and auditing access to data encryption keys. It enables you to protect and preserve access to business-critical, sensitive, data-at-rest encryption keys, either locally or remotely."

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file D:\Data\SKEL\e2b34c167d232f4fd73e1e4433c8e99e5efba4e4\kms.exe (Variant: 17413732)

    KMS emulator is a MS Windows office activation application - a kind of hacking tool if You want, mostly marked by antiviruses as HackTool.Win32.Keygen, but in fact just hacking the MS Office registration check service. Use it at Your own risk.