What is KMSpico? It is safe?

We all know in depth Windows, in fact, it is the Operating System on which the vast majority of the guides that we include in our web portal are based. However, we often have activation problems with licenses and other capabilities because we have lost it or we have restored our computer.

We show you what KMSpico is and if it is totally safe to activate Windows and Microsoft Office through this tool. As always, in Technology Guides we are going to give you more information about all kinds of software products that can make your life easier.

What is KMSpico?

If we look for a quick resolution to this question we can finish very quickly, and that is KMSpico is nothing more than an insecure tool that is intended to activate Microsoft products in an alternative way, that is, without having the license acquired for this purpose. This is not to say that you have never had one.

Sometimes it happens that we restore our PC and it turns out that we lose the Windows activation key and this prevents us from starting the computer again once we have proceeded to format, this is when the problems begin, Why would we pay twice for the same thing just for formatting?

Well, many users choose this "alternative" way of activating Microsoft products such as Windows and Office using this tool. Personally my first contact with KMSpico was with the arrival of Windows XP, an Operating System that was quite given to this type of alternative software products.

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Actually KMS means System Administration Key, it is the same technology that Microsoft uses to activate its own software.

However, there is a lot of mystery no longer about the legality but about the safety of using KMSpico and other alternatives such as Secoh-qad.exe, another similar activator.

Is it safe to use KMSpico?

Many websites are against the use of this type of tool, and even more so of the well-known KMSpeak. First of all, because it is totally illegal for us to use false keys or unofficial mechanisms to activate our products. Office.

Second, because many websites are taking advantage to offer KMSpico in an "alternative" way, misleading users and using the tool to install together with the activator (which by the way, is an executable file and therefore it is not necessary to install) a series of viruses or Trojans that hijack certain parameters of our computer or laptop.

It is evident that using KMSpico is not one hundred percent safe, especially if we are downloading it from a link or a web page that is not the official one (link) or download a version of the application that contains malware.

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The truth is that the application is surprisingly easy to use and this is precisely what leads users to think that it really is safe, but the truth is that most of the time it includes Trojans, viruses or keyloggers that remotely use our computer without our permission.

How to use KMSpico

Use KMSpico to activate Windows or Office it is sovereignly easy, and perhaps that is precisely the key to the success of this hacking tool that almost everyone has seen at some point in their life if they have gone through the journey of using Windows.

You must follow the following steps to use KMSpico:

  1. Download KMSpeak, But first you must deactivate the anti-virus so that it does not detect the download as a threat and eliminates it automatically.
  2. Open KMSpico.exe and run it with administrator permissions.
  3. Now open the program that is located in the Windows Start Menu or directly in Program / KMSpico / KMSELDI.exe.
  4. Click on the red button to automatically start the activation of those Microsoft products that are not currently activated.
  5. The program will close automatically once the task is completed.

This is the list of all versions of Office products that we can activate with KMSpico:

  • Microsoft Office in its versions: 2010, 2013, 2016
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Windows Vista Business and Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2008 / Standard / Datacenter / Enterprise / 2008R2 / Standard / Datacenter / Enterprise /
  • Windows Server 2012 / Standard / Datacenter / 2012R2 / Standard / Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2016

It should be noted that we will not be able to have our Office product activated forever, generally we will have to use KMSpico again approximately every 180 days, so in theory we should leave it installed, or save a backup copy of the program.

Remove KMSpico virus

On some occasions, security experts have detected that some antivirus tools point to KMSpico as a threat identified with the following names:

  • W32 / Generik.GKMQDON! Tr
  • Trojan.Win32.Chapak.ffkokb

It is because of that some users have encountered problems with proxy settings after installing KMSpico, which indicates that certain traffic may be diverted with the intention of stealing specific information. This is one of the main reasons why many users think that KMSpico is really a virus.

Other users also report that system navigation has been noticeably slowed down after installing and using the KMSpico tool. There is a lot of controversy about it, and no final decision about whether KMSpico is a virus or not, what we do know is that Some external KMSpico downloads take advantage of the opportunity to sneak a Trojan horse.

However, remove virus KMSpeak It is really simple, for this we simply have to uninstall the program and then make sure that the following executable files are eliminated:

  • secoh-qad.exe
  • AutoPico.exe
  • Service_KMS.exe
  • unins000.exe
  • KMSELDI.exe
  • UninsHs.exe
  • tap-windows-9.21.0.exe

Once uninstalled and erased all trace of KMSpico, it is good to run a cleaner like CCleaner or Malwarebytes.

Should I use KMSpico?

That is a decision that you must make for yourself, here we have explained what are the reasons why KMSpico can be helpful.

This tool certainly violates the terms and conditions of Microsoft Office, apart from the intellectual property rights for the sale of the keys. So definitely and more considering the price of some keys on reliable internet sites like eBay.

It seems much more attractive to opt for the legal alternative, You just have to take a look at digital key sales portals.


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