This is ticking me off....I installed Google Earth 5 the other day and after that I had Google Updated trying to go online (my firewall program kept prompting), so I uninstalled Google Updater ...

Download and install the latest version Google Earth software (available at earth.google.com - version 4+ required) and enjoy a "flight" around the campus using this technology.

I have the option of using Google Earth either Mac native or in Fusion, and if 5.2 includes this daemon, I’m tempted to let it clutter up the VMWare image rather than my production OS X install.