what is npgtpo3dautoplugin?

npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin appears to be associated with Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator

What I dont understand is why it goes rogue everytime I start deleting cookings from the preference pane in Safari. As soons as I start that this process goes to 350% of CPU. How is a google talk plug in related to deleting cookies? And it has nothing to do with what cookie I am deleting...Anyone?

How best to remove?

Check your Applications folder for anything Googler related to that plugin. There may be an uninstaller available to use.

If not, check the following folders:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/

/Library/Input Methods/

/Library/InputManagers/

/Library/ScriptingAdditions

~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/

~/Library/Input Methods/

~/Library/InputManagers/

~/Library/ScriptingAdditions

The first four locations listed are in the root-level Library on your hard disk, not the user-level Library in your Home folder.The tilde (~) represents your Home folder.

To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library.

That seems to have worked for me. I removed the plug in and can now delete cookies without my CPU taking off at warp speed. Still curious as to why that happens! Thanks Carolyn.

This is totally happening here. Had to uninstall it too. No problem, though, Google Hangouts ironically "hangs" every time I try to use it, anyway.

Google lists specific instructions on how to uninstall the Google Voice and Video plugin here: https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161994?hl=en

If you don't want to use the Terminal approach, you can navigate to this directory in Finder and open the uninstaller. Same result.