Q: MacKeeper/Zerobit Pop Up ad Problem

I did not add that last line and I don't appreciate whoever did ...

 

"I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link."

Apparently the Discussions Hosts deemed it necessary for your post to bear the disclaimer that is required by the Terms of Use when you post a link from which you might receive some form of compensation, e.g. your own website where you ask for $ contributions.

While I'm here, I'll also point out that the name of the company pushing MacKeeper is Zeobit, not Zerobit.

You should fix your thinking: you reply should be made by clicking the post that you want to reply to. I did not understand at all what you were talking about in replying to my post.

The edits of the posts here are done by the moderator. They can be asked by participants in the thread when theyhave reached a certain level, or the moderator himself can take the initiative. The computer does it automatically, I think when you use the f*** words or such. I don't know what was changed/eliminated from your post.

This link show how trustworthy they are http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/mackeeperapp.zeobit.com

I read that they will attend at the macworld fair? boy i would like to show up and kick there B...s

jornbear wrote:

 

I read that they will attend at the macworld fair? boy i would like to show up and kick there B...s

They were there (it was in January) with a very large display surrounded by booth bimbo's handing out condoms with "ZeoBIT" logo's on them to anybody who walked by (including someone's thirteen year old daughter I was told).

Hello Brownkee,

I had this exact issue. I found the solution.

Open Safari, obviously this will immediatly open up MacKeeper AD.

Command W= closes window but leaves safari open.

Go to your toolbar and select Safari>Reset Safari. You will lose your entire history as well as your bookmarks but it will get rid of that pop under.

Then Wahlaa you beat the jerks at MacKeeper!

For some reason it completely overtakes your entire safari when you accidently stumble upon it but this works. Nothing that anyone said on here helped me because you needed to download a pop under blocker which obviously you can do if you cant access Safari or Firefox.

Good Luck!

Gabriella

I'm surprised this discussion is still going on. Here's how I got rid of it... I CLeared all the cookies cache and everything else. Then I downloaded a free Safari extension called "adblock" from a reputable site like mac update or whatever. I installed it and switched it on and now I don't get any more MacKeeper ads. In fact I don't get any ads at all... and I'm fine with that.

Thank you Skhram. Good simple solution that works.

To others: Don't get too excited about the doom and gloom about working in the terminal.  Mere mortals can use it safely and effectively. Working in the hosts file is not "dangerous" in any common sense use of the term. Simply follow the instructions as Skhram laid out and you will be fine.  If you mess up, you can restore the hosts file per his instructions.

Mani: adblock is good but is does not block all MK ads. You can also (in addition) use Glimmerblocker (which uses a large filterlist),it is not a browser plugin and it operates through a proxy; after install you fing it in System Preferences. But Zeobit is very inventive in hacking webpages, so even both blockers do let an add through once in a while.

Boley, people not used to it should not use it, especially the sudo command can do harm. Also the hosts file should not be edited in place, as I explained. Also the addition does by long not block everything Zeobit.

I tried MacKeeper for free, but I later realized that this application couldn't be trusted, so I just got an application called AppCleaner, and it just deleted it permenantly for me. Cheers!

silverwing03 wrote:

 

I tried MacKeeper for free, but I later realized that this application couldn't be trusted, so I just got an application called AppCleaner, and it just deleted it permenantly for me.

I can just about guarantee that it did not, based on the experiences of the folks who have visited this site: http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/.

I second MadMacs0 after helping a friend restore her Mac after doing the same thing. It appeared that MacKeeper was gone except she had a numbers of problems from little bits and pieces of the code still on her Mac. It was a royal pain getting rid of them for her.

Allan

I think I may have found a solution as I have this problem on both my MBP and Macmini. I opened safari click Preferences > Privacy > Details (and searched zeobot and mackeeper) and removed there cookies. I too have never downloaded or visited there site manually. This seems to have sorted the problem out for me. Good Luck peeps

Horrible indeed ...

I had the bad idea of trying it and the net result is that after 30 seconds a sort of black curtain comes down

and pop up windows tells me to restart the computer in 4 different languages. I can do nothing, let alone   uninstall it

I am completeley stuck frustrating and fuming.

I want to know why Apple allows these guys to publicize their "product"

Is there any way out?

That is a kernel panic. Go to http://thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html for directions on how to repair it,

Allan

My Mac, too, was rendered essentially unusable by MacKeeper popups when I had installed nothing. I don't recall how I eluded them because it was many months ago, but I am writing to tell you that I managed to ward them off permanently by installing ghostery (http://www.ghostery.com/), a free browser plug-in that keeps MacKeeper popups and many other browser nasties at bay.

I have no affiliation with ghostery, and no idea what their business model is that provides such an incredible product for free, but it has kept my whole family's and business's web experience much cleaner since deploying it on all our Macs. 

Ghostery's deafult settings have it pop up a brief (purple) alert window on every page you visit that tells you everything that the site is trying to do out of sight within your browser. I eventually found this annoying and easily located the setting to change so it doesn't display anymore.

Hope that helps everyone and isn't some form of malware in its own right.