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MacKeeper can't be deleted!!!

I was going through my System Profiler and I found a file called AntiVirus. It was from the MacKeeper folder in the Application Support section of my Library. (I downloaded MacKeeper a few months ago and decided to delete it. However, the application would not let my empty the trash and I ended up shredding it with the shredder widget). Anyways, I found this file and tried to delete it, but the trash said it was still running. I tried to shred the MacKeeper folder from my Library, but after 5 minutes the shredder widget is still shredding it.

Does anyone know of a FREE file shredding application or widget besides the "Shredder" widget that can delete a file/app even if it's currently running?

I can't find the app running anywhere!!

Thanks.

-pancake213

Posted on Jun 16, 2011 8:26 AM

97 replies

May 23, 2014 1:02 AM in response to Memoire

There is a real sollution

Go to http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25276/appcleaner

and click download

Close Mackeeper

Then go to your applications folder Drag Mackeeper into the program Appcleaner

Then select everything related unless its somthing you want to keep

the click Delete

Restart your mac and there you go

No MacKeeper

MadMacs0

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May 23, 2014 1:15 AM in response to HishamItani

Why are you spamming this three year old conversation? You're wasting your time and helping nobody.

WZZZ

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May 23, 2014 6:59 AM in response to HishamItani

Besides the fact that you are spamming a very old thread, App Cleaner is not the solution, and not to be trusted not to find and delete unrelated and necessary files.

edmundo

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Nov 14, 2014 4:14 PM in response to pancake213

CAUTION!! zeobit has another virus called Avira just for the note

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/idUS195229+11-Mar-2011+BW20110311

WZZZ

Level 6

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Nov 15, 2014 5:45 AM in response to edmundo

Avira, while perhaps not the best AV around, is a legitimate program. It is not a virus. And this is very old news in a very old thread.

gazeldx

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May 14, 2015 8:30 PM in response to babowa

Great solution! Many thanks.

Oct 29, 2017 8:07 AM in response to pancake213

yo try detect x its more safe than mackeeper

by the way mackeeper is a trojan and a back door and a adware and 100 more

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MacKeeper can't be deleted!!!