Google Earth

Google Earth

by Google Inc

What is Google Earth?

Google Earth is software application developed by Google Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.82% of installations running this operating system. Google Earth's installer is typically 135.00 MB in size and installs around 163 files. The most common release is 7.1.2.2041 with 67.83% of all installations currently using this version.

Google Earth is most popular in France with 63.83% of installations residing in this country.

Google Earth adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Google Earth is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • geplugin.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe'.
  • googleearth.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • geplugin.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D3BC4964-E6AF-4F2E-980C-2D957BDC8A56}' (runs on registration).
  • googleearth.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{803D9B82-ADCF-455C-9967-6528D7BE1B60}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • geplugin.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Google Earth' and executes as C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://earth.google.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{5A3C1721-F8ED-11E0-8AFB-B8AC6F97B88E}
Size:
135.00 MB
Language:
English

Google Earth Executable Details

Name:
Google Earth
Path:
C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\google.earth.free2pro.7.0.1.8244-MPT.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Google Earth
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
178d4466df7ec3e9e792986c613a55d0
DLL
db276c2a9cffb222855832af25e94994
DLL
cf3df6df0a7969ee54e586b607076f55
EXE
29e219b256a5a4be8596f39093884a86
DLL
3288f33be7634c85c251b01d2bab9ea8
DLL
ae273eadbbec3e531854cea45c4d2f4e
DLL
9306c7873fb88df77d09e847c5ac9d3d
DLL
305b46c6bc01d403308ca0b694b812a5
DLL
fadc33ec36c92dcf5f83291559d75d42
DLL
7b1f04ecaf30602838bb0c4393320123