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Windows Update installs Google Chrome
lew wrote:
On 2015-07-20, . . .winston wrote: Johnny wrote: Why would Microsoft install Google Chrome? It was installed with the latest 13 updates. Not possible. You've installed or updated something else that provided Chrome. Most likely something from Cnet or another place. I got Chrome installed when it was from cnet & wasn't prompted as an option. Not only that, but had to do the "take ownership" in order for me to delete the stuff as it was "owned" by the "installer"??? You didn't have to do that. Chrome is actually a bit tricky though. It consists of the program itself, but it also leaves a GoogleUpdate service on the machine. *That* you have to deal with separately. By description, GoogleUpdate is supposed to uninstall, if all Google products have been removed from the computer, but you know that isn't going to happen. It's better for Google to be slimy, and leave it running. To remove Chrome, the trick is to find the setup.exe that belongs to the program. It is right next to the "chrome.7z" file, which is around 150MB, and contains everything needed for an install (or uninstall) operation. By Googling around, I was able to find these suggestions. if a chromium installation: setup.exe --uninstall if a chrome installation: setup.exe --uninstall --multi-install --chrome --system-level I don't know what happens if you use Revo, whether it also takes care of GoogleUpdate for you or not. ******* When Apple leaves their Updater running on a computer, it will pop up an alert, that looks like an iTunes update, when in fact it delivers other Apple Software. I don't have a soft spot in my heart, for this sort of behavior. I don't know if the GoogleUpdater does that sort of thing or not. Also, these updaters can be hidden in SVCHOST. So if you happen to look in Task Manager, and you cannot see such an animal, it is also possible for slimy companies to run it as a service and hide it in a SVCHOST. Doing "tasklist /svc" or using Process Explorer, can sometimes provide the extra info you need. HTH, Paul |
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