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what is google updater and why its running?

Posted by Jason in Internet on March 9th, 2008

If you have ever downloaded any of the products like , screen saver etc, you may have googleupdater.exe running as a process in your system right now.

You can check by pressing “alt+ctrl+del” to open and click the process tab.

What is googleupdater.exe?

GoogleUpdater.exe is a process which belongs to the .com’s range of facilities provided. This program is a non-essential , can be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

Why its running?

This process informs the user about the new version and updates for the all the products installed. (more…)