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Solve : Is GoogleUpdate.exe a safe program?? |
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Answer» There's supposed to be a browser plugin for Google Earth that apparently requires GoogleUpdate.exe to be installed. My firewall is bringing up all these concerns about it, so I'm just kind of wondering if it's safe.I've never had a safety/security problem with anything Google's programs do.I too installed the Google Earth plugin and after that GoogleUpdate.exe appeared in my list of running processes. It is "safe" but whether it is kind to your system is another question. When I ran the Google Earth full program it used to send my CPU USAGE to 100% and everything else ran more slowly (3.0 GHz P4 Prescott & 1 GB RAM) I've never had a safety/security problem with anything Google's programs do. Well, I'm questioning it because I wasn't sure if I was downloading it from a legitimate site or not. Then when the firewall began sending up all these red flags, it made me wonder EVEN more.Quote from: Dias de verano on May 31, 2008, 02:09:15 PM I too installed the Google Earth plugin and after that GoogleUpdate.exe appeared in my list of running processes. It is "safe" but whether it is kind to your system is another question. When I ran the Google Earth full program it used to send my CPU usage to 100% and everything else ran more slowly (3.0 GHz P4 Prescott & 1 GB RAM) So only when you were using Google Earth did it take the CPU usage up to 100%? Or does it hog CPU and memory usage even when the program isn't open? Is there an online version of Google Earth so I don't even need to put anything on my PC?you could give google maps a go Quote from: davidoc on May 31, 2008, 04:29:32 PM you could give google maps a go That is exactly what I did. There is also Windows Live LOCAL, which is Microsoft's similar thing. |
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