You have clicked on "Google Desktop" made by "Google" Measures you can take regarding this program: Click this button to terminate the program. The program will be stopped and the system tray icon will disappear. Click this button to uninstall the program. The program will be removed from your computer following the proper uninstallation procedure. Click this button to remove this program from startup, so it will NOT get started every time you turn on your computer. Description extracted from Wikipedia:   Click here for more tehnical info Name Google Desktop Developer Google Latest stable release 5.9.911.3589 Operating system Cross-platform Type Desktop search License Proprietary Website desktop.google.com Google Desktop is desktop search software made by Google for Mac OS X, Linux, and Microsoft Windows. The program allows text searches of a user's e-mails, computer files, music, photos, chats, Web pages viewed, and other "Google Gadgets". Technical information: Click here for description Icon status Invisible Icon setting Hidden when inactive Executable file C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe Version 5.9.911.3589 Parent process C:\Windows\explorer.exe Can be uninstalled Yes Autorun Started form registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Value Google Desktop Search Encrypted No Size on disk 29.4 Kb Minimum recorded memory usage 10.1 Mb Average recorded memory usage 23.3 Mb Maximum recorded memory usage 26.5 Mb Date when maximum memory usage occured 18/02/2010 00:33:35 Minimum recorded CPU usage 0% Average recorded CPU usage 0% Maximum recorded CPU usage 100% Date when maximum CPU usage occured 17/02/2010 23:45:42 Started at 18/02/2010 13:05:50 Total CPU time 3 seconds Imported functions [+] Imported from GoogleServices.DLL [-] Imported from GoogleServices.DLL Imported by ordinals: 1 [+] Imported from KERNEL32.dll [-] Imported from KERNEL32.dll HeapAlloc GetProcessHeap HeapFree ExitProcess GetModuleHandleA GetStartupInfoA SetErrorMode GetCommandLineW Some relevant texts from the exe file [+] Click here for more details [-] Click here to hide details http://ocsp.verisign.com0? https://www.verisign.com/rpa0 /http://CSC3-2004-crl.verisign.com/CSC3-2004.crl0D http://crl.verisign.com/pca3.crl0 https://www.verisign.com/rpa01 0http://crl.verisign.com/ThawteTimestampingCA.crl0 http://ocsp.verisign.com0 ""http://crl.verisign.com/tss-ca.crl0 !This program cannot be run in DOS mode. GoogleServices.DLL GetProcessHeap ExitProcess GetModuleHandleA GetStartupInfoA GetCommandLineW KERNEL32.dll <assemblyIdentity version=""1.0.0.0"" processorArchitecture=""X86"" name=""Google.Desktop.GoogleDesktop"" <description>Google Desktop</description> <security> <requestedPrivileges> </requestedPrivileges> </security> </trustInfo> VS_VERSION_INFO StringFileInfo CompanyName FileDescription FileVersion InternalName LegalCopyright Copyright (c) 2003-09 Google. All Rights Reserved. ProductName ProductVersion VarFileInfo Translation wyCtawyihme ?@ABCDEFGHI ""VeriSign Time Stamping Services CA0 +VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer - G20 Durbanville1 Thawte Certification1 Thawte Timestamping CA0 .Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority0 VeriSign Trust Network1;09 %VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA0 .Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority California1 Mountain View1 Google Inc1503 ,Digital ID Class 3 - Netscape Object Signing1 Google Inc0 %VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA ""VeriSign Time Stamping Services CA