Mac Defender

Message was edited by: laverne's mom did it. learned something new. thank you

Well, if I see even one red marker for a web address - even though there may be some green ones - I prefer to be cautious: 1 red wins.

As for your question re. screenshots, see the camera above my typing "for a web..."?

Click on it and then browse to your picture.....

Edit: neither of your replies were there when I started this...... Apple servers lagging??

Got it. Thank you. I also stay away from all red buttons. I am too prone to panic to experiment.

Found this one for "MacKeeper 911 for your Mac." Went directly to the site. Using NoScript, I don't have JavaScript enabled for the site, so it couldn't try to bite me if it wanted to. I think it could be a redirect. Note: this is for ldr.zeobit.com, not zeobit.com.

For anyone who's interested, here's the link written out so it won't parse; it's not live. For extra safety if you want to go there, just turn JavaScript off in your browser. And, obviously, don't download anything.

But, I don't have the feeling it's the Trojan; perhaps just a bad site using the MacKeeper name. Having a site up is not the modus operandi of the Trojan we've been seeing.

ldr.zeobitdotcom/landings/17/index.php?affid=mzb_6495733774&&userDefiner=mzb_229 7&installer=&trt=2&gclid=CKHqyIaS-qgCFYXc4AodJ3_0Tg&/paramss=sbbY3667rq2elZelsJj a39CYnLHnwsfN2szRzNOrqpLSzdzU0sreztOl&gclid=CKHqyIaS-qgCFYXc4AodJ3_0Tg

I'm not sure what this thing is. Maybe not a redirect. I'm seeing ldr.zeobit.com coming up in searches with text associated with the "legitimate" (legitimate according to WOT) zeobit.com.

Thanks for doing all this checking; as I understand it, MacKeeper is worthless software irregardless of whether this particular site is legit or questionable - do I have that right?

And, it may or may not have something to do with the trojan; but I find it curious to say the least that their offices would be in the Ukraine (!!) and I heard about them about the same time the trojan appeared. Quite a coincidence, I'd say...

Offices in CA and Ukraine: Yes, that one is a bit strange. Makes one wonder if the CA one is just a front. Some very bad reviews at MacUpdate about spammng and popups. The dev claims it's available at the App Store? I won't go near the App Store to check. If it's as bad as some of the reviews claim, that confirms my original view, when the App Store was forced on us, about the inadequacy of the vetting process. I don't have any first hand knowledge of it, nor do I intend to acquire any.

Well, since I won't go near the App Store either.......

My recommendation will be to stay away from it until I hear/see proof otherwise...

Why do I keep receiving email when someone comments on this site when all my "email preferences" are set at no, no, no..... and yet I keep receiving emails! 😟

You are right about that software. Stay away.

aafearn wrote:

Why do I keep receiving email when someone comments on this site when all my "email preferences" are set at no, no, no..... and yet I keep receiving emails! 😟

Post this question here.

WZZZ wrote:

The dev claims it's available at the App Store? I won't go near the App Store to check. If it's as bad as some of the reviews claim, that confirms my original view, when the App Store was forced on us, about the inadequacy of the vetting process.

There is no mention of MacKeeper at the Mac App Store, nor any reference to it being there at the developer's site that I can find.

It seems like most of the negative reviews allege the positive reviews are mostly paid testimonials, complain that its features mostly duplicate those already available in OS X, & things like that. There doesn't seem to be any credible evidence that it does anything bad. For some Mac users it might be worth the price for the included 24/7 toll free support feature, but probably not for many.

>>RC-R Wrote:There is no mention of MacKeeper at the Mac App Store, nor any reference to it being there at the developer's site that I can find.

I think I came across that one in the comments section of MacUpdate (or maybe one of the other update sites, or somewhere) from the dev (alleged) replying to some hostile criticism. I think the dev might have meant Apple Downloads, where programs were never vetted by Apple. Although, I'm certain he said "App Store."

My feeling about this thing is, even if it's not inherently harmful or malware, who needs it? Onyx is free and if you can wreck your computer with a free program like Onyx (I don't think Onyx is inherently harmful; it's just another tool, but it needs to be used carefully), then why pay $40 for one to do that?

I think they are appealing to people who are, understandably, threatened by the complexity of a computer and falsely made to feel that things will spin out of control fast if they don't use some completely unnecessary idiot proof program for maintenance.

Here it is on Apple Downloads.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/mackeeper.html

WZZZ wrote:

I think I came across that one in the comments section of MacUpdate (or maybe one of the other update sites, or somewhere) from the dev (alleged) replying to some hostile criticism.

I think the comment was about http://www.macdefender.org/index.html, made by mac_defender in the Heads Up/Warning Mac Defender discussion here in ASC.

I think the comment was about http://www.macdefender.org/index.html, made by mac_defender in the Heads Up/Warning Mac Defender discussion here in ASC

No. It wasn't here I saw it, but I do remember someone from zeobit (or claiming to be from zeobit) coming into one of the numerous threads -- maybe the one you linked? -- on this topic, trying to establish some distance between his thing and the Trojan reported as being named MacKeeper 911. But now not sure if the Trojan has ever really used the name "MacKeeper 911," or if it wasn't one of MacKeeper's ubiquitous pop-ups people are talking about in the MacUpdate comments.

If those pop-ups are happening, that is pretty scummy business. I think they are also redirecting to some fake ClamX site, or something like that. Don't remember exactly what that was now.