Re: Google Desktop and Security

[Albert Gonzalez <incodeblood () gmail com>]

But the malware already had to be on your hard drive for Google
Desktop to index it. I enjoy it for the sole fact that it can search
through my 10k+ e-mails in outlook faster than outlook does it, so
that is the only reason I use it. Gets tedious to find something when
you have over 100 folders and lots and lots of e-mails.. and you don't
even have to specify a folder, like you would with outlook. I only
index e-mails and have it sitting on my taskbar.

_A

On 2/5/06, Neil Kathok <neil.kathok () gmail com> wrote:
> On 2/3/2006 12:57 AM, Mark wrote:
> > I am interested in using Google Desktop, but am concerned about the
> > potential for security leaks from my computer.  I am uncomfortable
> > with Google indexing my hard drive.  I have read that you can turn off
> > indexing, so I feel better about that.
> >
> > Could someone please provide more information about what other
> > security issues the Google Desktop may present.
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> Well, among other things, the indexing/searching process can activate
> various sorts of malware/virii.  (It opens them, which is like clicking
> on it, which is all it takes sometimes.)
>
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