>From what is said here: http://groups.google.com/group/google-earth-browser-plugin/browse_thread/thread/146882feca2788c3 its suggested that the Google Update process is based on
http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ Dont know if can work out what the binary is called from there? 2009/2/3 Michael Weisman <[email protected]> > > Little Snitch (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) > warns me from time-to-time about a Google Updater trying to access an > update server. > > Although I don't see any processes running on my work mac (which has > GE5 among other Google tools) which jump out as a Google Updater. > > Michael > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:55 AM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's GoogleUpdate.exe > > > > sorry, I should have said, I am using a Mac. I was expecting to see > > something like that, but don't see anything... GE5 is running, and > > here is what I get > > > > [01:54 PM] ~$ps -aux | grep 'oogle' > > punkish 896 3.7 2.7 1149512 111928 ?? R 1:52PM 0:10.56 > > /Applications/Google Earth.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Earth > > -psn_0_622744 > > punkish 921 0.0 0.0 599780 460 s000 R+ 1:54PM 0:00.00 > > grep oogle > > > > > > > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> "This software will update any Google software on your computer when > >>> new versions become available. Google Software Update verifies updates > >>> and is safer than downloading files from the Internet yourself. > >>> > >>> To continue using Google Earth, you must accept the new Google privacy > >>> policies and allow Google Software Update to run in the background on > >>> your computer." > >>> > >>> am trying to determine what the heck runs "in the background on (my) > >>> computer" but so far haven't discovered anything particularly ominous. > >>> Anyone else want to shed light on this? > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Puneet Kishor > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Geowanking mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/ > > Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ > > Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
