Q: MacKeeper is a scam!
SO i recently was playing a game called agar.io and i thought i wanted to try a playing it on a private server, so i searched agar.io private server. i clicked on a link and it took me to another web browser that looked like safari but the logo was a little robot insect holding something. i clicked on another link which took me to the private game. i clicked play and a pop-up popped up saying ''You're mac is infected with bank worm virus. it instantly asked if i wanted to download an app called macKeeper. i said yes so i downloaded it and it asked me to pay $148.99 to clean it up. i payed and the thing asked if i wanted to pay $400. something , which i didn't want to but i did. when i filled out the credit card info, the bank sent a message saying that it couldn't be authorized so i searched up on the web aboutt this mackeeper. the apple forum i looked at said the same thing, that mackeeper wasn't real. i contacted apple and asked them to remotely fix my conputer, which they did for $199.99, which is better than about $400. i asked them if mackeeper was legit, and the guy said that it wasn't and instantly removed it. i called the bank and asked them to not charge me the $400 and $148.00, and i explained that mackeeper was a scam. they understood and said they wouldn't charge me. Did i do the right thing?
iMac, iOS 9.3.2
Posted on Jun 24, 2016 12:06 PM