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Q: mac keeper?

Hi have a 2010 mac mini 320gb and as i was surfing the web a website called mac keeper said my mac might be at risk. after seeing the website 10 times then i read what they had to say, it said that it would bring a boost to the mac by antivirus and my mac was very slow at that time so i just installed the app. do you think mac keeper is a good app? thanks in advance.

mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 12, 2011 3:07 AM

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  • by Apple-Bay,

    Apple-Bay Apple-Bay Mar 13, 2014 8:38 PM in response to redbird123
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    Mar 13, 2014 8:38 PM in response to redbird123

    Hi im Gonzalo From Apple-Bay , we have over the pass 2 years lots of mac  coming to be replace the Hard Drive, the system got corrupted and could not be  repair and show on disk utility as total fail , i notice that 99% of them are with Mac Keeper  and after retrieved all the relevant information  formating the HD FIX the fault

    I cant say it is the mac keeper what it cause this problem but i strongly recommend not to use it and if you do have it already  use APPCLEANER to remove safetly

    Apple do not function properly wit ANY antivirus it made the mac slow and ocationally give you Kernel panic

    DO NOT USE ANTI VIRUS ON A MAC

     

    Gonzalo Fernandez

     

    Apple Certified Macintosh Technician

  • by knucklhed,

    knucklhed knucklhed Aug 6, 2014 6:34 AM in response to macbig
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    Aug 6, 2014 6:34 AM in response to macbig

    by definition, mAC keeper is a VIRUS... until you pay them to install their product MACKEEPER will slow down your computer and take over your browsers.  Very Very bad software. Take if off, Trash it.  Who wants to buy a product that infects your system in order for you to buy their product to clean your system - extortion is the word for this software.

  • by Moms90,

    Moms90 Moms90 Aug 6, 2014 6:40 AM in response to Apple-Bay
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    Aug 6, 2014 6:40 AM in response to Apple-Bay

    Is Appcleaner safe and approved by Apple?

     

    Mildred

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Aug 6, 2014 6:51 AM in response to Moms90
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    Aug 6, 2014 6:51 AM in response to Moms90

    No. In my testing of the so called "cleaner" apps, I found them to be basically worthless because they either failed to do what they claim they would do or did too much dangerous stuff without telling you.

  • by mikesoderstrom,

    mikesoderstrom mikesoderstrom Sep 20, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Moms90
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    Sep 20, 2014 7:24 AM in response to Moms90

    @Moms90

     

    Yes, Appcleaner by freemacsoft is safe and is a great app. I use it all the time. Here is a place to download it: http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/

     

    I came back to this forum because my parents just got mackeeper on their system. I tried getting it off their system using the previous method of just going through activity monitor and killing it, and finding any files and deleting them. But this time it did not work! I could not find anything on their system related to Mackeeper, Zeobit, Kromtech, Wine, 911bundle, or anything related to Mackeeper and they were still getting pop-ups and junk.

     

    It seems that Mackeeper was bought by a company called Kromtech, and whatever changes they have made now make it seemingly impossible for a user to manually delete it.

     

    So, here is what to do to delete it now.

     

    First, before you try to uninstall it using Mackeeper's method, download Appcleaner. Drag Mackeeper to Appcleaner and it should find all the files associated with Mackeeper and delete them. Then I would go to the Finder menu, do Secure Empty Trash, and reboot.

     

    If you are still getting Mackeeper pop-ups, or you have already tried deleting Mackeeper some other way, you will need to download this other utility.

    Adware Medic: http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

     

    You might get a message that it is not by an approved developer and can't install it. In that case go to System Preferences>Security and choose Run Anyway next to the message about Adware Medic.

     

    Once you have Adware Medic open, run a Scan and delete anything it finds. Then do Secure Empty Trash again, reboot, and you should be good! It worked like a charm for my parents.

     

    Good luck!!!

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 20, 2014 7:28 AM in response to mikesoderstrom
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    Sep 20, 2014 7:28 AM in response to mikesoderstrom

    mikesoderstrom wrote:

     

    @Moms90

     

    Yes, Appcleaner by freemacsoft is safe and is a great app. I use it all the time. Here is a place to download it: http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/

    Appcleaner is neither approved by Apple or safe and should not be used.

     

    Removing one piece of junk by installing another piece of junk is not a good idea.

  • by mikesoderstrom,

    mikesoderstrom mikesoderstrom Sep 20, 2014 7:36 AM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 20, 2014 7:36 AM in response to Csound1

    You just making stuff up? Or what have you seen that makes Appcleaner not safe? Some explanation would be nice...

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 20, 2014 7:41 AM in response to mikesoderstrom
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    Sep 20, 2014 7:41 AM in response to mikesoderstrom

    Many posts on this site from users who had the wrong files deleted, occasionally leaving them with unbootable Macs, maybe you should search the site for yourself.

     

    All 'cleaners' for Macs are crap.

  • by mikesoderstrom,

    mikesoderstrom mikesoderstrom Sep 20, 2014 7:42 AM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 20, 2014 7:42 AM in response to Csound1

    Here's some reviews I found for Appcleaner.

     

    Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5828738/the-best-app-uninstaller-for-mac

    Cult of Mac - http://www.cultofmac.com/76547/50-mac-essentials-24-appcleaner/

     

    Never seen anything indicating that this software is bad and it does a great job of what it says it does, nothing more.

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Sep 20, 2014 8:51 AM in response to mikesoderstrom
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    Sep 20, 2014 8:51 AM in response to mikesoderstrom

    I wouldn't trust a single thing Cult of Mac has to say about anything. This is the same site that gave MacKeeper a positive review.

     

    Do not use any cleaner app, or anything that claims to speed up your Mac, ever.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 20, 2014 8:59 AM in response to mikesoderstrom
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    Sep 20, 2014 8:59 AM in response to mikesoderstrom

    mikesoderstrom wrote:

     

    Here's some reviews I found for Appcleaner.

     

    Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5828738/the-best-app-uninstaller-for-mac

    Cult of Mac - http://www.cultofmac.com/76547/50-mac-essentials-24-appcleaner/

     

    Never seen anything indicating that this software is bad and it does a great job of what it says it does, nothing more.

    Look, if you want to use that junk that is your choice. (I hope that you keep a good backup)

     

    But when you recommend it to others expect a lot of disagreement.

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Sep 22, 2014 9:27 AM in response to mikesoderstrom
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    Sep 22, 2014 9:27 AM in response to mikesoderstrom

    In my testing of the so called "cleanup" apps, I found them to be both dangerous and fail to do what they claim they are going to do.

     

    I strongly recommend against the installation of any of them.

  • by jdausti2011,

    jdausti2011 jdausti2011 Feb 4, 2015 9:12 PM in response to redbird123
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    Feb 4, 2015 9:12 PM in response to redbird123

    Mac keeper is garbage, it does nothing to speed your Mac up, it slows it down. I don't think you need to install anything like that on a Mac, I was computer illiterate before buying my first Mac in 2010 (macbook) and now I have iMac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, apple Tv, you name it everything I have is Mac wouldn't ever buy anything else. Anyway I actually clean up my Mac on my own, and if a person who knew so little about PC's prior to owning a mac can clean a mac than i would say anyone can. Bottom line don't buy this garbage huge waste of money and these people are scammers.

  • by Jenze127,

    Jenze127 Jenze127 May 18, 2015 5:27 PM in response to userremoved
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    May 18, 2015 5:27 PM in response to userremoved

    I saw Sana_Paul's reply, and while they're right, you might want to use a searching app to find the leftovers that MacKeeper hides in obscure places. You may have a preferred one, I don't know, but I'd recommend DetectX. It helped me greatly cleaning up the little "cookie crumbs" of MacKeeper's (although there is another file with a strange title that I'm keeping an eye on), and it also works for several other malware/scams.

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 May 18, 2015 6:30 PM in response to Jenze127
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    May 18, 2015 6:30 PM in response to Jenze127

    Jenze127 wrote:

     

    I'd recommend DetectX. It helped me greatly cleaning up the little "cookie crumbs" of MacKeeper's (although there is another file with a strange title that I'm keeping an eye on), and it also works for several other malware/scams.

    I agree that DetectX is a winner and the developer, Phil Stokes how to uninstall MacKeeper – updated has always been the best source of manually removing it since MacKeeper 1.0 was released. I hope folks contribute generously to his efforts.

     

    If you tell us the name of that strangely titled file, perhaps we could help with that.

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