Google desktop search....is it a security risk?

[alpha]

opinions on google desktop search appreciated.

i currently use copernic agent....do i need this google
desktop?....what can the google desktop search do what copernic cant?

i'm sure google is quick but is it a deeper search?

A

 

[johnhood]

opinions on google desktop search appreciated.

i currently use copernic agent....do i need this google
desktop?....what can the google desktop search do what copernic cant?

i'm sure google is quick but is it a deeper search?

A

I've run both Google and Copernic Desktop Search. opernic is the one I
kept. Google shows you search results but not where the results can be
found on your system.

Security: There was a big todo a while ago based on the fact that Google
retained seach history of Https sites you may have visited, and therefore
would also retain the history of where you went and what you did. Later
versions have the ability to turn this feature off IIRC.

As for adware/spyware, not that I could see.

John Hood
Web Site www.jhoodsoft.org
"The best home and business free software, no ads, no time limits, no
fluff."
"No kidding."

 

[Iain Cheyne]

i currently use copernic agent....do i need this google desktop?....what
can the google desktop search do what copernic cant?

I am no expert on IT security, but I expect it's been blown out of all
proportion.

I use Google Desktop at home and Copernic at work. Both are very good. I
suppose I prefer Copernic, because it can index network drives, which is
essential for me.

 

[Simone Murdock]

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 05:26:31 -0700, alpha wrote:
I use Google Desktop at home and Copernic at work. Both are very good. I
suppose I prefer Copernic, because it can index network drives, which is
essential for me.

Which is lighter ? I need only to search on my two HD.

Simone
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[Peter Boulton]

alpha wrote on 09/04/2005 13:26:

opinions on google desktop search appreciated.

i currently use copernic agent....do i need this google
desktop?....what can the google desktop search do what copernic cant?

i'm sure google is quick but is it a deeper search?

A

May be slightly off-topic, but I love the interface and functionality of
Copernic but it has a significant memory / performance hit on my
computer. It seems to take up >40mb of physical memory and 500Mb of
virtual, which leads to too much task swapping for me. I have 512mb of
physical and a fixed 512mb page file (Win XP Pro).

So I uninstalled Copernic and am very happy with Google, which is
virtually unnoticeable. I'd prefer Copernic though as I like the in
place previews and find as you type functionality.

Anyone else found the same problems with Copernic? (1.5 Release)

Pete

 

[Iain Cheyne]

There is not too much difference between them really. They both hit
your PC quite hard. If your PC really can't take it, you might do
better with the advanced search functionlity in xplorer2 or Agent
Ransack, which are both good, but do not require indexing.

 

[Jeff Needle]

Speaking of Google desktop search, today's San Diego Union-Tribune had a
short blurb on desktop search programs. It mentioned that Google can even
find files that you've deleted.

This has been bugging me. My Google desktop finds files that I *did*
delete, and I really *do* want to get rid of them, permanently. Any way to
tell Google not to look in deleted files?

Thanks.

 

[Iain Cheyne]

This has been bugging me. My Google desktop finds files that I *did*
delete, and I really *do* want to get rid of them, permanently. Any way to
tell Google not to look in deleted files?

Mine too, but I get the impression that it is just because it does not
update the index frequently enough. Did you delete any of those files a
long time ago?

I am on my Linux partition right now, so I can't check, but I think you
can set Google Desktop to index your drive more frequently.

 

[Mario Alvares]

you might do better with the advanced search functionlity in xplorer2

The advanced search features are only available in the Pro version of
xplorer2, and not in the free Lite version :
http://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

You've probably registered the program, and didn't realise this

 

[Iain Cheyne]

The advanced search features are only available in the Pro version of
xplorer2, and not in the free Lite version :
http://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

You've probably registered the program, and didn't realise this

That's exactly right. Sorry.

P

Anyway, Agent Ransack is very good.

 

[Gord McFee]

alpha wrote on 09/04/2005 13:26:


May be slightly off-topic, but I love the interface and functionality of
Copernic but it has a significant memory / performance hit on my
computer. It seems to take up >40mb of physical memory and 500Mb of
virtual, which leads to too much task swapping for me. I have 512mb of
physical and a fixed 512mb page file (Win XP Pro).

Only 10 MB here. Don't know why there would be a difference.