If you’re using IE or Firefox, the Google Toolbar might be useful to you, even though it hasn’t been updated in years. Additionally, the toolbar installs several services onto your Windows system.
The Google Toolbar Notifier service is a Windows service that runs all the time to make sure that Google is your default search engine!
I don’t think it’s necessary to have a Windows service to just make sure my default search provider remains the same. I don’t think I’ve EVER had to manually change it back to Google.
The company offered this service because it was a way to prevent malware from hijacking their browsers and changing the search engine, but it’s not necessary.
Google has removed the additional search service from IE and Firefox, so you can use only Google as your default search engine.
There is no definitive answer, but one way to try and stop Google Toolbar Notifier from starting up is to uncheck the box next to it in MSCONFIG.
Disable Google Toolbar Notifier
Step 2: In the Options window, click on the Security tab. Step 3: In the Security section, click on the Add-ons button. Step 4: In the Add-ons window, click on Mozilla Firefox Extensions. Step 5: Click on the Add to Firefox button. Step 6: Type “https://www.google.com” into the address bar and hit enter. The Google search box will appear at the bottom of the add-on window. Step 7: Type “https://www.bing.com” into the address bar and hit enter. The Bing search box will appear at the bottom of the add-on window.
Step 2: Click on the More tab and uncheck the box that says “Set and keep search settings to Google” under the “Search Settings Notifier and Browse by Name” heading. ..
If you have the latest version of the toolbar, you can now open up the Processes tab in Task Manager and you should no longer see the GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe process running.
In the newer versions of the Google Toolbar, even though it does not run as a separate process, it still exists in the folder structure when you install the toolbar. If you go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Google, you will still see the folder there. ..
I’m not sure what’s going on with the toolbar notifier process, but if you try to delete it while IE or Firefox is open, it won’t let you delete it because it’s in use. This is why I feel that Google may simply be running the toolbar notifier process inside another process.
If you close IE/Firefox, then you can’t delete the GoogleToolbarNotifier folder. It doesn’t seem to adversely affect anything with the Google toolbar, so if you really want to make sure it is gone, remove the folder. With the newer version, there isn’t anything you can uncheck in the settings to stop the notifier process.
Google has released a new version of the Google Toolbar, which will show up as the GoogleToolbarUser_32.exe process on computers running Windows 8.1 or later. This process name is self-explanatory! ..
Google Updater is constantly running, as GoogleUpdater.exe. You can prevent this process from running by the normal method of going to MSCONFIG, then clicking on the Services tab and unchecking the Google Update Service. ..
Google has released a new update service that is designed to keep your computer up-to-date with the latest security patches and software. ..
Google Updater Service just keeps checking to make sure your Google products are up to date. If you’re like me, you do this yourself every couple of weeks and don’t really need a service hogging up your CPU resources! Enjoy! ..
