The vulnerability in Google’s desktop search application could have compromised users’ security, Google has fixed the flaw that allowed hackers to search the contents of a PC running its desktop search tool.
According to a statement from the Web search company on Monday, it has rolled out a fix for the vulnerability that a US computer scientist and two of his students found in the tool in late November.
“We were made aware of this vulnerability with the Google Desktop Search software and have since fixed the problem so that all current and future users are secure,” said a Google spokeswoman.
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