Google's New PC Search Tool Poses Risks
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People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new security risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.
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Google Inc. released free software yesterday that lets people simultaneously search the Web and their personal computers for information, a move analysts described as a potential blow to rivals Microsoft Corp.
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A handful of researchers at Rice University uncovered a security flaw in Google&#39;s Desktop Search offering that could allow attackers to view small portions of personal search results.
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InfoWorld - Security researchers have discovered a serious flaw in Google&#39;s desktop software that could be used to wreak havoc on a victim&#39;s computer.
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Google has said that the software flaw found in its Desktop Search utility has been fixed. The flaw allowed hackers to view information contained on a PC running the search software.
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Google plugs security holes in popular desktop search software that could open up data on a PC to intruders.
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A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students have discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool for personal computers that was recently distributed by Google.
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Researchers at Rice University have discovered what they say is a flaw in the beta version of Google's Desktop Search product that could allow third parties to access users' search result summaries, providing a sneak peek at part of the content of personal files.
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Computer scientists have discovered a potentially serious flaw in Google&#39;s desktop search utility that could allow attackers to steal information.
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Google Desktop is vulnerable to a Web-based attack that could give an attacker access to data indexed by the software, say security researchers.
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Google has released a free search tool which sits on the PC desktop and can search its host computer for virtually anything. Launched on Thursday, it blends a search of hard-drive files, emails, recently visited
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Last week when Google came up with its Desktop Search, it promised to make finding files on our desktop a lot less painful. Knowing Google and its other services, I had little doubt that the new tool from their stable would be incredible.
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People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new security risk to worry about: Google&#39;s free new tool that indexes a PC&#39;s contents for quickly locating data.
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Google has announced a new desktop search application that enables users to search their e-mail, files, web history, and chats. Perhaps learning from previous mistakes, Google says it has designed the product &quot;from the ground up to respect user privacy.
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Blog: Random search strings in Google can yield sites hosting drive-by downloads of malicious content.
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Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool, making the first move against
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Google is offering free software that lets users simultaneously search the Web and their personal computers for information. Analysts call the move a potential blow to rivals Microsoft and Yahoo in the race