Remove GoogleUpdate.exe

How to Remove GoogleUpdate.exe

Google Chrome, Google Lively, Google Earth, and an untold number of other Google applications may install an update mechanism named googleupdate.exe, googleupdater.exe, or something similar. The googleupdate may continually attempt to access the Internet without requesting permission and without providing an option to disable it.

1. Instead of removal, a permission-based firewall such as ZoneAlarm can be used to temporarily block Googleupdate.
2. If manually removing take a system backup (seperate registry backup is good)
3. Locate instances of googleupdate, search all local fixed drives for googleupd or googleupd*.
4. The following may be found:
Google Update (Task Scheduler Object)
Googleupdate.exe (Application) (two or more locations)
GoogleUpdateHelper.msi (Windows Installer Package)
5. Delete Task scheduler object and GoogleUpdateHelper.msi.
6. Launch Task Manager and end the GoogleUpdate.exe process.
7. Open services console and check for any istalled service if it is then stop the service and Delete the GoogleUpdate.exe file.
8. Open the Registry Editor and go to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
9. In right pane look for 'Google Update' and delete it.
10. Reboot the system.....