Q: MacKeeper/Zerobit Pop Up ad Problem

AdBlock does appear to have solved the problem, at least for now. I recommend it to others.

ZeoBit told the San Jose Better Business Bureau that issues I had with its Mackeeper  marketing popup was caused by problems with my computer, not its popup, and was unique to me and my computer. The BBB bought that response despite my telling the BBB that many users also have a problem with the Mackeeper popup. The BBB said ZeoBit resolved the issue with its response and closed the case. From the looks of this forum and other complaints posted about ZeoBit and the Mackeeper popups  in other online forums, it doesn't appear I'm the only one with the problem.

If you have to uninstall Safari, as a last resort, or want to check to see if it has a problem, here is what I did because Safari can not just be removed by an uninstaller or thrown in the trash.

First open the terminal

Then type: codesign -vvv /Applications/Safari.app

This will tell you if Safari is running properly by saying:

/Applications/Safari.app: valid on disk

/Applications/Safari.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement

Next type: cd /Applications/

This brings you into the Applications directory, the next command deletes Safari itself:

sudo rm -rf Safari.app/

saneman wrote:

 

If you have to uninstall Safari

Sounds a little drastic. Has that been shown to work for anybody?

Safari can not just be removed by an uninstaller or thrown in the trash.

Well that's true, because the webkit framework is part of Safari and they have to be matched up....

First open the terminal

 

Then type: codesign -vvv /Applications/Safari.app

 

This will tell you if Safari is running properly

Actually, that only shows you that it is properly signed and reveals nothing about whether it's running properly.

Next type: cd /Applications/

 

This brings you into the Applications directory, the next command deletes Safari itself:

 

sudo rm -rf Safari.app/

OK, but that's no different than trashing the app. It still leaves the webkit framework behind. Why were you not able to remove the app by throwing it in the trash?

Okay.

ive done excatly what you said..blocked plug-ins and deleted mackeeper/zeobit cookies..

and no more mackeeper ****..TNX!

I just went to Safari preferences and blocked pop-ups under security...it worked

I've had that set for a while and I still get them. I hate MacKeeper. They should burn in ****

How can I reinstall Safari?

Emil Indricau wrote:

 

How can I reinstall Safari?

I don't know what your issues are, but I seriously doubt they will go away by reinstalling Safari, assuming that's even possible.

It sounds to me that you have a totally different problem then what this thread is discussing. You would probably have better luck of getting a helpful answer if you started your own thread with a complete description of your problem instead of posting here at the bottom of an unrelated thread.

Allan

I was having the same problem using Chrome and Addblocker Plus. I just deleted all my cookies and it stopped.

i am having the same problem with these annoying popups. i have checked everything in safari and have never used mackeeper. i get the pop ups on every website. including apples  website itself. i cant even use safari without worrying about having to exit out of a pop up every time i click on something

you know how the software started to install in his laptop. at that moment he was downloading other suffs so he did not notice

You would be wrong, I just did a clean install of mavericks. I formatted the drive, so it should have been clean. I opened Safari,  visited a few sites, I closed or tried to close Safari and there is was... zeobit bs.