Google LLC Running in Background on Mac
I was just using my mac, and I noticed that a login item/background item automatically added itself to the list. What is Google LLC? Is this something I should be worried about?
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I was just using my mac, and I noticed that a login item/background item automatically added itself to the list. What is Google LLC? Is this something I should be worried about?
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This happened to me too. It added itself without any action on my part, and without any Google crud open, to my knowledge. How can I determine what added it, so that I can remove it with prejudice?
Update:
Ran `sfltool dumpbtm`
#3:
UUID: E3C582DB-F60F-43FA-9A38-2325000511D8
Name: GoogleUpdater
Developer Name: Google LLC
Team Identifier: EQHXZ8M8AV
Type: legacy agent (0x10008)
Disposition: [enabled, disallowed, visible, notified] (9)
Identifier: com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake
URL: file:///Users/<snip>/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist
Executable Path: /Users/<snip>/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater
Generation: 2
Parent Identifier: Google LLC
Update 2:
Contents of `com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist` show it's Google Chrome related:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<string>Aqua</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/<snip>/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater</string>
<string>--wake-all</string>
<string>--enable-logging</string>
<string>--vmodule=*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2</string>
</array>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>3600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Still not sure how it got installed when I've got Google background services disabled.
If you delete the files, Google will just replace them and automatically enable them, not unlike malware. I've removed read/write permissions to the files. Untested in the long run, but should render them inoperable and unreplaceable:
chmod 000 ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.*
TobleroneW wrote:
I have never "installed Google," nor would I, and still have had this added.
Your Mac disagrees with you.
Do you have a machine that helps you move those goalposts?
I totally agree, breach of contract & most importantly invading privacy rights
si google llc se esta ejecutando en mi Mac y la verdad non me gusta nada que algo se instale sin mi consentimiento me gustaría saber como puedo eliminarlo
Google LLC Running in Background on Mac