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I got a pop-up telling me to click on MacKeeper 911 to "clean my computer". I don't know anything about MacKeeper...is this legit or is it a scam / virus?

I got a pop-up on my screen telling me to click on MacKeeper 911 to "clean my Mac". I don't know anything about MacKeeper - is this legit or is it a scam / virus?

Posted on May 10, 2011 10:44 AM

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Posted on May 10, 2011 10:58 AM

It's a scam. Find it using /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app and be rid of it.

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Sep 9, 2011 12:56 AM in response to BDAqua

BDAqua wrote:


Not harmless here, I've had to unistall it on ever Mac Ihave. 😟


Not that it did anything malicious, just messed with everything.

Hi BDAqua are you referring to Growl or Mackeeper? If Growl - and HP installer installed with its printer driver what are the issues with removing it, if any. Did you use the Growl uninstall. Any information is welcome, I read the Growl page but not sure whether to believe what is there. Thanks


After MacKeeper I have become extremely nervous about intrusive software, espacially stuff that installs itself without asking on the back of other programs you are installing.

Sep 9, 2011 1:51 AM in response to MadMacs0

MadMacs0 wrote:


You can totally believe everything you read on the Growl site and they have the most responsive support forum I have ever seen. No profit motive, just dedicated coders trying to do good stuff for the Mac community.

Thanks for the information. I have posted in the HP printer forum to ask the situation if Growl is installed or uninstalled, I am waiting to see the response.

Undernormal circumstances I wouldn't have given it a second thought, but after all the trouble with MacKeeper I have become extremely cautious.

Nov 7, 2011 5:03 AM in response to misliz1

you are on there payroll, and i will tell the truth to everyone who will listen.


and that business is not a good one it make honest peoples computers drift dead in cyber space, you can tell all the lies you want but if it was a good software there would not be so many complains.


This company is from where? you want evidence YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH.....

Nov 7, 2011 11:45 AM in response to Memoire

Memoire wrote:


MadMacs0 wrote:


You can totally believe everything you read on the Growl site and they have the most responsive support forum I have ever seen. No profit motive, just dedicated coders trying to do good stuff for the Mac community.

Thanks for the information. I have posted in the HP printer forum to ask the situation if Growl is installed or uninstalled, I am waiting to see the response.

Undernormal circumstances I wouldn't have given it a second thought, but after all the trouble with MacKeeper I have become extremely cautious.

If Growl is installed there will be an icon for it in System Preferences.

Nov 8, 2011 6:47 AM in response to Mac OS 9000

BDAqua wrote (about Growl):


Not harmless here, I've had to unistall it on ever Mac Ihave. 😟


Not that it did anything malicious, just messed with everything.

Csound1 wrote:


I never let it install when I bump in to it, but i have not heard anything particularly bad about it


MadMacs0 was quoting a reply to a post about Growl by Csound1, not MacKeeper, when he said that. The discussion went briefly OT from MacKeeper to Growl. At this point, it's very difficult to imagine anyone who's been paying the least bit of attention to these discussions who would say that about MacKeeper. In fact, in the same post he even links to an article describing the problems with MacKeeper. MadMacs0 has been involved with this since early on.

Nov 8, 2011 9:30 PM in response to Mac OS 9000

Sorry about the mix up earlier.

Mac OS 9000 wrote:


Well here's how it appears to be: Growl is a great app, but I heard it's going to be shareware soon. It's very responsible.

Actually, it's only available via the AppStore for Lion at I believe $1.99 since v1.3 a month or so ago. You can still downloaded older versions for Mac OS X 10.3-10.6 from the web site, but they won't be updated.


Agree that it's a great app.

I got a pop-up telling me to click on MacKeeper 911 to "clean my computer". I don't know anything about MacKeeper...is this legit or is it a scam / virus?

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