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dragontamer_0080
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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:55 pm Post subject: Is Running Google Toolbar a security issue/will it slow IE? |
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| Should i get rid of googletoolbar? Is it a security issue? will it harm my computer? |
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ergibbs
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure what you mean by "security issue." If you installed it without the advanced features, it's relatively benign. I have not noticed any decrease in performance in IE since I installed it, and the built-in pop up stopper has been a great addition. |
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k027
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Hello dragontamer_0080,
Google Toolbar is "ETware" - it periodically phones home. Whether it is just searching for updates or intentionally relaying G*d knows what personal information, I don't know; placing "toolbar.google.com" in my Hosts file stops that communication.  |
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Knabe
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Google toolbar is great.. No strings attached! No spyware if thats what u ment by security. its a great tool gets rid of 99% of pop ups and I just love it!
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NeoEnder
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Google Toolbar makes me hate IE a little less now 
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phoenix22
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| k027 wrote: |
Hello dragontamer_0080,
Google Toolbar is "ETware" - it periodically phones home. Whether it is just searching for updates or intentionally relaying G*d knows what personal information, I don't know; placing "toolbar.google.com" in my Hosts file stops that communication. |
It won't phone home if you have that part of the toolbar disabled.....(page rank and voting buttons) personally I luv the thing......
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cissp
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| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Is Running Google Toolbar a security issue/will it slow |
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| dragontamer_0080 wrote: |
| Should i get rid of googletoolbar? Is it a security issue? will it harm my computer? |
I like Google, but they have become a bit too omnipresent for me. Also, I don't like the fact that they recruited former NSA types. Why? I don't use their toolbar, and don't use their search engine. I made it through my M.S. in Network Security program not using Google for research and was not worse for the wear. I don't think anyone can definitively say what information they are phoning home with.
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wandrinstar
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I often think about getting Google toolbar. Has anyone ever tried to uninstall it? How did it go? I would love to hear about it. TIA. 
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Feederdude
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| google toolbar does send info back but your annoymous and so's your IP. i've uninstalled it a few times for a few reasons (once a browser hijack) and it uninstalls fine - they do ask ya to give a reason though. |
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