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<p>I have no clue how it got installed and why it got installed. I do have docker installed but i don't have Kubernetes installed via docker. I was assuming it was due to killer intelligence but i got no idea how to verify or check that.</p>

<p>This isn't a kubernetes process. This is a result of installing docker and how it configures itself to <em>enable</em> you to run kubernetes locally. The string &quot;kubernetes&quot; is coming from your <code>hosts</code> file even though you might not have turned on the feature to use k8s.</p>
<p>If you open <code>C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts</code>, you'll see a line that associates &quot;kubernetes&quot; with 127.0.0.1, your <code>localhost</code>.
So, while <code>netstat</code> may show &quot;kubernetes&quot; as the destination address, it's a little misleading because anything going to 127.0.0.1 will show up as &quot;kubernetes&quot;.</p>
<p><code>netstat -ab</code> will show the executable associated with each connection if you want to verify.</p>
