Well.... thanks for all the advice! I am hugely surprised that Google has sprung this on the world. I can do without Picassa and Chrome, but Google Earth was a real joy....

I went back and pasted the command in Terminal, typed the password, then checked to see if it was still there, following Hal's instructions. Seems to have gone. Then, next morning... it was BACK! Perhaps it is because I did not shut down (or correct permissions, run utilities and shut down??)

Seems to pop up only when I am on line.... Dianne, I think the link you provided was for an earlier version (2007) of the updater, since discontinued (might be wrong). The link I was following is a 2010 page.



MacBook Pro 15" (2.33 Intel Duo/3GB/667MHz/120GB/10.6.8),
MacBook 13" (2.1 Intel Duo/3GB/667MHz/120GB/10.6.8),
PowerBook G4 12" (1.5 PowerPC/768MB/70GB/10.4.11),
Various LaCie Firewire HDs, Airport Extreme, Express