Turning off all connected experiences doesn’t work.

  • Colonel Sanders
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    141 year ago

    A quick search seems to indicate that this is “normal” even on legit Office installations. You can check out the link below or go through these steps that the site suggests to see if it helps:

    https://www.minitool.com/news/remove-get-genuine-office.html

    Remove Get Genuine Office by Disabling Connected Experience in Office

    • Open any one of Office Product, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

    • Click File on the top left and select Options at the end of the left menu.

    • A new windows will pop up. In the default General tab, find and click the Privacy Settings button.

    • In the Privacy Settings window, scroll down to find Enable connected experience and uncheck it.

    • Click OK to save changes.

    (In Outlook 2016 and later, you should navigate to File > Office Account > Account Privacy > Manage Settings. Turn off this connected experience option will disable experiences that analyze your content, download online content, as well as other connected experiences like co-authoring and online file storage.)