[Spinetree]

Go ahead, you know you want to... ...that's better.

I had a window pop up yesterday asking me to update Google Talk. I don't have Google Talk. I do, however have Google Earth and Sketchup, and this app said nothing about them (usually would show 'em, say they're up to date). Upon further examination, I don't even have Google updater on my system.

The app that popped up behaved strangely..no icon in the dock. When I clicked on it, OSX said I was talking to the finder. I had Firefox open, but as I said, not a Firefox window. Doesn't show up as a Firefox extension. Little Snitch said nothing about it, which means it came through one of a small number of already-open ports.

I'm running 10.5 on a Macbook. It's updated regularly, was then up to date and I thought was pretty damn well locked down.

Anyone else want a ticket about the just-got-screwed-by-my-trust-for-Google-paranoia train?

[seanc]

Have you installed the plugin to use video & voice in GTalk in a browser? I can guarantee you that's what it was and it's not a virus - the updater icon was sitting in the menu bar on my Mac, which is probably why it thought you were using the Finder.

[ghporter]

Seanc beat me to the punch...

[Spinetree]

Yes! Thank freakin' god.
Cripes, Google, how about leaving some kinda trail so people can avoid these little freakouts?