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Title: Get rid of Google Earth Update Helper pop-ups by uninstalling Google’s hidden software updater Post by: HCK on August 24, 2016, 04:05:13 pm Get rid of Google Earth Update Helper pop-ups by uninstalling Google’s hidden software updater
<article> <section class="page"> <p> If you’re one of the many Mac OS X users who received an installation dialog for Google Earth Update Helper asking you to enter your password, it wasn’t malware.</p><p> Instead, it seems to be a bad update transmitted through Google’s background software updater—something you probably didn’t even know you had. You can delete the Google Earth plug-in that caused it or remove the software updater entirely.</p><p> The company’s Mac software installs a background agent, which regularly checks for app updates and pushes them to your computer for Google Earth, Chrome, and other Google software. There’s no front-end to manage software updates, nor does Google provide instructions for removing this background process.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3109937/web-apps/get-rid-of-google-earth-update-helper-pop-ups-by-uninstalling-googles-hidden-software-updater.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Get rid of Google Earth Update Helper pop-ups by uninstalling Google’s hidden software updater (http://www.macworld.com/article/3109937/web-apps/get-rid-of-google-earth-update-helper-pop-ups-by-uninstalling-googles-hidden-software-updater.html#tk.rss_all) |