'Send To Kindle' Security & Privacy Accessibility - Strange - 'installd' ?

Just received an update notification for 'Send To Kindle'. So, I updated  the 'Send To Kindle' App.
It installed into Security & Privacy for Accessibility the app named 'installd'? What a horrible name! With that name I would guess it is spy ware!.
Has anybody else noticed this?
I would like to remove it from this preferences.
I've checked out these references:
     Reset App Access to OS X Privacy Data from the Command Line
     How do I remove an app from...: Apple Support Communities
Thanks in advance.
P.S. 
Already posted on Amazon Forum and Chatted with their on-line no-support.

Yes, that makes sense it runs during installs, thus the name installd. With the d at the end I would venture to guess it is a daemon process. As shown in the picture it is unchecked.
As an installation process why would it show up in the 'Security & Preferences'  Pane for Accessibility?
Also, when I query the the tcc.db
       select * from access;
All the other programs listed show up but not the program 'installd'
Thus deleting via sqlite or tccutil will not  work. But, yet, it is there?

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    In order to utilized the existing front end, we have to validate and modify the current front end connections to the new Oracle backend. One of the features of Access is that you can "link" tables and save the link for runtime. Each Access table can have its own link which is a separate ODBC/JET connection. As such, each separate link has its own userid/database information.
    The other issue with using the Access front-end is that Access utilizes a workgroup file to implement user and group security. The workgroup file contains all the users and which groups the users belong to in Access. Then within Access, you allow users access to object(tables, queries, ect) by their userid and or group. When users open an Access database with Access security enabled, they are required to log into Access. The login is authenticated by the workgroup file. Once, logged into Access, users have rights to Access objects based on their rights granted to their userid and groups they belong. The problem here is that when you remove the linked Access tables and replace them with linked Oracle tables, Access has knowledge about Oracle table rights granted to users; nor would you expect it to.
    The dilema is the disconnect between Access and the fact Oracle utilizes a similar but much more sophisticated security model. It creates users and roles(which are similar to Access groups), and again this is independent of Access security.
    Our solution was to still use the Access workgroup file security along with the Oracle security model. By using the Access userid and then creating a similar Oracle userid with similar table rights granted in Access, you could apply security within Access and also with the Oracle database.
    For example, a user BOB logs into Access via the workgroup file, using VB code, Access then establishes a Oracle connection logining into Oracle using the same unique userid BOB into Oracle.
    After connecting and validating user BOB into Oracle, then the Access tables are relinked to Oracle using the user BOB userid and table rights.
    This Oracle userid has been granted table rights specific for this userid.This allows the user BOB to use the Access application and still be authenticated into the Oracle database.
    The problem with this solution is that the relinking of the saved Access tables takes 3-7 minutes for about 100+ tables. This is not acceptable for users each time they log into the application.
    Our current alternative is to use one Oracle userid to login each user, and use Access form restrictions/security to allow/prevent users from updating/viewing data. Obviously, this is not the optimal solution in respect to security, but it at least allows us to control access to the data(via the forms) by using one logon required for each user, and quick startup time for the application.
    I understand SQL server does a better job in integration, but we use Oracle which is what I am trying to work with.
    Larry

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