GoogleUpdate.exe in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21050397 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:37:44 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:37:44 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21056374 ausdog : PS. To get Java to run in Chrome you have to enable Mozilla Family in Java Applet in Control Panel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21056374 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:58:29 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21056353 ausdog : To get Java to run in Chrome you have to enable Mozilla Family in Java Applet in Control Panel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21056353 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:54:56 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052409 patcat88 :
said by birdfeedr See Profile :

Internet is making me think more "Luddite" and starting to trust Google less and less.
Google's business model is data mining, they had almost no ads, and they offer stuff for free. I doubt they subsidize free services with adwords money.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052409 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:45:41 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052095 rcdailey : The Updater also defaults to automatically update installed software, so you might want to change that option in the Advanced panel to either "notify" of updates or to check manually only and not get any notification. Most applications have a "check for updates" or the like in the Help panel, so there's really no need for automatic updates. For a browser, however, automatic updates might make sense from a security standpoint, so you get an update whenever there is a security issue discovered.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052095 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:41:45 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050827 birdfeedr : GoogleUpdate.exe also has an options panel where you have to click to display the normally obscured Advanced Options, where one of them is "Upload non-personal aggregate data" clicked by default. At least when I updated GoogleEarth.

Too bad there's nothing that says *what* is being uploaded. If they just wanted to know what someone is searching for, why do they need my computer to tell them? Can't they aggregate their data at their server?

Internet is making me think more "Luddite" and starting to trust Google less and less.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050827 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:52:07 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050649 TKJunkMail :
said by DaSneaky1D See Profile :

You can uninstall Google Update....

It's used to deliver updates to the Google Apps you have on your PC. Talk, Picasa, Maps....ect.
And the Google Toolbar also uses Google Update.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050649 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:19:43 EDT Re: GoogleUpdate.exe http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21050633 DaSneaky1D : You can uninstall Google Update....

It's used to deliver updates to the Google Apps you have on your PC. Talk, Picasa, Maps....ect.
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Our Security forum guys are going to have a field day with this one.
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