Windows 10: Who is AKI Technologies and why is it downloading?

I'm running Win 10 Pro 64bit AE and notice that whenever I boot, I get something downloading at 64mbs for a couple of hours. I have no idea what program it's downloading to but I determined that

deploy.static.akimaitechnologies.com is the culprit.

Is this legit?

:)

 

Microsoft Account Sync Problem (Error Code: 86000C09)

Same problem with a live account, email is down.

 

QT for N8 - what is it, and why is it needed?

Yes, thanks, I think I got enough help that I understand this better now.



What I apparently need to do, is first remove the Bubbles and Qt from Beta Labs as described here:

This domain is no more in use



Then I can install the latest version of Qt as shown here:

http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/04/08/qt-quick-components-for-symbian-technology-preview/





I assume that at some point in the future, Nokia is going to make Qt a lot easier to install. Gee, until recently I was completely unaware of this "Qt" thing, and now I'm all wrapped up in it. Is Qt worth all the trouble? Are there a lot of programs out
there that require it?

 

Yes and no it's used by some downloads but it then acts as p2p downloading to your PC to use as a source for others so it eats your bandwidth most consider it as malware and it should be removed

 

It was discussed in a recent related thread...

What exactly does akamai.net download?

 

I have searched all my drives for anything related to AKI Technologies and found narry a trace. Still it's downloading using allotted bandwidth I could use for other things. Any other ideas? I'm trying to block AKI's IP addresses in Norton but what if that doesn't work?

 

A Whois lookup shows there is no registration for a domain named akimaitechnologies.com. Please check your spelling very carefully. Is it really Akimai or a typo for Akamai? The difference is crucial...

https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/c...JP-akimai-corp

Akamai Technologies - Wikipedia

Blocking all Akamai IP addresses may cut you off from the web...

 

You can disable the p2p method of updates if you have capped internet or simply don't want it.

Open Settings
Update & Security
Advanced Options
Choose how updates are delivered
And click the slider to off.

 

Sorry, it's deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com and a search of all my drives turns up nothing but my monthly usage went from <=250gb to close to 990gb. That's a lot of game downloads.

Will try the U&S suggestion from swarfega, too.

Thanks. Let's close as solved.