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Google Desktop Virus?

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Name: sv40
Date: March 3, 2006 at 03:17:26 Pacific
Subject: Google Desktop Virus?
OS: Windows XP Professional v
CPU/Ram: Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Model/Manufacturer: Compaq
Comment:

Today my McAfee antivirus decided that
GoogleDesktopIndex.exe is a virus and removed it.
After that I downloaded again Google Desktop version 2 from Google, but if I try to reinstall it, it is again identified as a virus.

Why on earth is now Google Desktop rated as a virus?


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Response Number 1
Name: vika
Date: March 3, 2006 at 06:08:00 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

GoogleDesktopIndex.exe is not related to spyware. Try to find something like exception list and add googleDesktopindex.exe to it.

Also reading:
Spyware News
Bleeping computer


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