is mackeeper good for my mac

I wholeheartedly agree with WZZZ's evaluation of MacKeeper. It's considered akin to malware around here.

If you search the various forums for MacKeeper you'll find post after post where MacKeeper has trashed the system or iPhoto/Photo libraries.

Macs simply do not need any "cleaning", "optimizing" or "speedup" apps. If you use any of those types of apps you do so at your own risk.

It does appear that Sana_Paul is a shill for the MacKeeper developers.

Do not install MacKeeper (and how to uninstall it if you have):

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6221

How to uninsrall it:

http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/

It contains a major security flaw, recently noted:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/05/08/contentious.utility.ignored.apple.guideli nes.created.zero.day.exploit.128538/

There is currently a class-action against MacKeeper:

http://www.macworld.com/article/2927032/ads-for-mackeeper-refunds-will-run-on-fa cebook.html#tk.nl_mwbest

(Please note that references to the original developers, Zeobit, also now refer to Kromtech Alliance Corp, who acquired MacKeeper and PCKeeper from ZeoBit LLC in early 2013.) And in that context the foregoing also applies to their latest offerings,Advnced MacKeeper, AdwareBuster and AdvancedMacCleaner ,which were quickly found to not identify much of the adware around.

Clean My Mac is of the same sort of garbage as MacKeeper.

Horribly horrible, unnecessary junk.

Just a few days ago a Mac was brought to me because it was performing very poorly. The instant I removed Clean My Mac the system came back to life. That is but on example of what Clean My Mac and MacKeeper can do to an otherwise healthy system.

NO! Stay far away from it. It's overpriced garbage, which may cause problems on your Mac and they have a very bad reputation for unethical, slimy business practices.

Look around and you will see numerous threads with more details.

Judith, I don't agree with WZZZ as MacKeeper is a good app indeed and from my point of view the best way to find out if you need the app is to give it a try - so you may visit its official website to find out more about the app itself and to download 15-days full-functional trial of MacKeeper - you'll be able to remove junk, threats you may have on your Mac, restore some lost files if you have the ones and more.

Hey Sana....earning some bucks again as zeobit spammer? The ONLY thing you are removing with ZEOBIT Mackeeper is the speed from your mac and a lot of files ! Stay well away from it!!

Google mackeeper or just look here at apple discussions, you will find plenty of people AND reasons not to go near it!

When did you drop your statement about your alligence with Zeobit that you used to have on your posts? Dropping that might get you in hot water with the moderators.

Personally I have to agree with WZZZ except for his failure to mention had bad your technical support is. Seeing as how they are generally less then helpful with the advise they provide.

Allan

Umm, Sana_Paul, you are a paid representative of Zeobit.

A disclaimer is in order.

NO IT'S NOT, STAY AWAY... and if you've installed it already, here's how to remove it.

To Completely Uninstall and Remove Zeobit's MacKeeper

Download and Install AppCleaner

Download and Install Find Any File

Run AppCleaner

1. Click on Applications
2. Select MacKeeper
3. Click on Search
4. Select all results
5. Click on Delete

Run Find Any File

1. Search for zeobit
2. Select and Delete all results (except for those already in the Trash)
3. Search for mackeeper
4. Select and Delete all results (except for those already in the Trash)

Open Up Keychain Access

1. Search for zeobit
   
2. Select and Delete all results
3. Search for mackeeper
4. Select and Delete all results

Secure Empty Trash

Reboot

Unless you perform all of these steps, you'll have remnants of Zeobit's MacKeeper app. I had installed MacKeeper several weeks ago, when I had accidentally deleted some files on my Mac -- hoping to use their "undelete" feature. This was when my nightmare began. Even after using AppCleaner to remove it, there were still some background processes that were running every 10 seconds. While probably harmless, this adds unnnecessary strain on the Mac.

The key was also using Find Any File and delete any entries in the Keychain Access.

Download Links

• AppCleaner - http://appcleaner.en.softonic.com/mac
• Find Any File - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30079/find-any-file

I hope this helps! 🙂

Frank

Frank,

Thanks for the excelelnt advice on how to remove mackeeper. I made the mistake of downloading and installing it - I suspected something was "up" after I ran a scan on my 3 day old iMac and it discovered over 1,200 "critical" errors that needed immediate attention. Before I paid the $39, I saw the Apple Forum (which I should have referred to originally, since I'm a Mac newbie) which painted a different view of the intent and efficacy of this product.

I followed your advice to the letter and it successfully removed all traces.

THANK YOU!

I would have to agree with you re: the amount of critical errors. It showed that I had over 1,600 "critical" errors and I hardly used my machine for anything. I just bought MacKeeper yesterday morning and although I have not had the experience of my machine slowind down yet,

Is there a way for me to hget a refund?

Zack

You can try asking Zeobit for one.

So far I have heard that they are even worst in that area they are at coding.

Good luck.

Allan

Thanks Allan.

Please come here in the future first before buying something. We will try to prevent you from doing move like that in the future.

Allan

Refunds are best obtained through the Credit Card Processor, rather than by writing to the "scammer" company. Back in my PC days, I bought a similar piece of scam software that was "guaranteed" but every time I wrote to the company - with each request more direct that all I wanted was a refund - I got back a platitude about how great the software was and why wasn' I happy. One request to the biller and I got my refund. If the biller won't help or if you can't find out/remember who it is, ask your Credit Card issuer to do a chargeback. You will have to sign an affidavit that the software was not "as advertised" and of no value, but it should work. However, biller's hate chargebacks. They will probably help.