The googleupdater.exe process runs in the background when Google Updater is installed. Google Updater comes with Google Pack or Google Earth. So if the user downloads these Google softwares, Google Updater is installed automatically. The process googleupdater.exe may also be included with other Google applications in the computer. This process gives the user a less complicated interface to help them manage the Google applications. Google Updater offers a service to the user that monitors if there is an update available. Google has increased the number of its softwares, so many programs are now using the googleupdater.exe utility. The utility has developed into several versions which the user may see in his or her computer system as a Startup, a Service or a Scheduled Task. This utility checks if the computer system has the latest version of the Google software. Then it will download and installs the update automatically if it sees that the software is not the latest version.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. googleupdater.exe. is used by Google Pack, If you shut down googleupdater.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop googleupdater.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Google Pack, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed googleupdater.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Google Pack, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if googleupdater.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that googleupdater.exe, belongs to, in this case Google Pack