TSGL: Google Toolbar Notifier

[H Davis]

I lost an hour of productive time laughing at this one Mike.

H Davis

Mike Ferrell wrote:
> Thanks again Russ.  Google may not want to know ALL my habits.  But if they 
> do, they don't have to spy on me.  All they have to do is ask my 
> wife.....She keeps a list for anytime we have an argument.  :-0
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Google Toolbar Notifier
>
>
>   
>> It simply "notifies" you when an update to Google Toolbar and/or other
>> Google apps is/are available. It is innocuous.
>>
>> But Google, as good as their search engine is, is getting a bit big for my
>> blood. And in their quest to enlarge, they seem to also engorge, that is, 
>> to
>> swallow up everything they can. They appear to want to be the monopoly 
>> that
>> everybody seems to think that Windows is now. They are, in my opinion,
>> dangerously close to that in some areas.
>>
>> That is not to say that I do not like Google. I love their search engine 
>> and
>> I use and like their gmail. And Google Earth is an amazing application.
>>
>> But with just these three apps, I'm sure, they know much more about me and
>> my habits than I am comfortable in having them know. But I continue to use
>> them, and, I guess, so will many other people. They do have quality free
>> applications.
>>
>> Russ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>> Behalf Of Mike Ferrell
>> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:29 AM
>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Google Toolbar Notifier
>>
>> Thanks Russ.  I just removed the Google Toolbar completely from IE because
>> it was causing some problems, although for now I left it on Firefox.  Can
>> you please explain the "notifier".  Just why does it occasionaly request 
>> to
>> connect to the internet?  Is it just for some kind of update to the 
>> toolbar
>> or something more ominous?  I'm just not sure if I should allow or reject
>> the notifier requests while I allow the toolbar to remain on FF.
>> Thanks again,
>> Mike F.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Google Toolbar Notifier
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> The fact that you cannot disable Google Toolbar Notifier is a bug in the
>>> Google Toolbar that (according to Google) has been eliminated in the
>>> latest
>>> version. If you really want to continue to use the Google Toolbar, I
>>> suggest
>>> that you remove the present Toolbar and then download and install the
>>> newest
>>> version http://google.toolbar.com . At that time, disable the Notifier.
>>>
>>> Myself? I won't allow Google Toolbar on my computer. I don't want it. I
>>> don't need it, and I'm very unhappy when I see it rear its ugly head (as
>>> it
>>> has when I wasn't so careful while installing some other application). I
>>> do
>>> use Google as my default search engine, but I use it through an old, but
>>> reliable freeware application called "Search Bar" (which is also the name
>>> of
>>> a separate, but not so worthy Malware application). You can find this one
>>> from Patrick Deal at http://go.to/searchbar .
>>>
>>> Russ Coover
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Mike Ferrell
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:26 PM
>>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>>> Subject: TSGL: Google Toolbar Notifier
>>>
>>> WinPatrol notified me that a BHO was recently installed named Google
>>> Toolbar
>>> Notifier.  Meanwhile ZoneAlarm notified me that Google Toolbar Notifier
>>> was
>>> trying to connect to the internet.  I let WinPatrol block it and I denied
>>> the ZA request.  Although I use Google as a search engine 99.99% of the
>>> time
>>> I don't like it blocking use of another search engine (if that is what it
>>> would do) and I don't like it automatically connecting to the internet
>>> because I didn't know what the purpose was.  Just call me cautious.  I
>>> just
>>> didn't know enough about it to feel safe in allowing everything that was
>>> happening at the moment, but now I'm wondering if I made a mistake. 
>>> Would
>>>       
>>> I
>>> have anything to worry about if I allowed all this?  And am I missing
>>> anything important if I don't allow it?
>>> Mike F.
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