mac keeper

No, just obnoxious, unnecessary software.

YES!! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650
Mac Keeper is the same thing as this.

I agree to the other posters, to make sure that you take this seriously: DO NOT INSTALL MACKEEPER....

Read the numerous threads here in this forum.

stevejobsfan0123 wrote:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650
Mac Keeper is the same thing as this.

Your link seems to be broken,

But I concur with DO NOT INSTALL IT 🙂

MacKeeper, while a nasty piece of work that is best avoided, is not malware, and is absolutely NOT the same as MacDefender.

MacKeeper, while a nasty piece of work that is best avoided, is not malware...

Actually, it is malware. I came to that conclusion after seeing reports from users who had installed the trial version and then tried to uninstall it using the developer's uninstaller. They were consistently seeing popups advertising the product. The popups stopped when they followed the instructions linked below. The combination of trial version and defective uninstaller is malware in the fullest sense of the word, and in my opinion users should be so advised.

how to uninstall MacKeeper « Phil Stokes

Glad you agree

Well, like I said, MacKeeper is a nasty bit of work. And certainly it has similarities to how malware operates. I'd never let this software anywhere near my machine! However, that doesnt change two basic facts:

1) MacKeeper IS NOT the same thing as MacDefender.

2) MacKeeper is not, AFAIK, recognized as malware by any current anti-virus software

I don't think we need to call it something it isn't in order to get across the idea that the company is extremely shady and the product is crap and maybe even dangerous.

MacKeeper IS NOT the same thing as MacDefender.

Clearly not. I didn't say it was.

MacKeeper is not, AFAIK, recognized as malware by any current anti-virus software

I'm not calling it something it isn't. It's a trojan, and that's what I'm calling it from now on.

I didn't say you were calling it the same thing, but you were dissenting with my post replying to stevejobsfan, who said it WAS the same thing. As to whether it's a Trojan... Well, I'm not going to argue there. It's a fine line. I certainly don't trust the Zeobit folks any further than I would the folks behind MacDefender.

Did you actually CLICK on my link or just disregard my words?

Your link to Apple's article on MacDefender? Titled "How to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware"? Yes, I read that, and I'm quite well-acquainted with MacDefender and it's variants. MacKeeper is absolutely NOT the same thing as that, as you stated. It's extreme badness in a pretty package, but it is not a variant of MacDefender.

This is a PS to all the MacKeeper discussions. I was unaware about all the bad things about it until I stumbled upon all the things said about it on this and other forums. I followed Phil Stokes un-install instructions, but he left out one crucial item: ENCRYPTION. It goes without saying that if you used that function of MacKeeper, you should un- encrypt BEFORE uninstalling MacKeeper, which I did. But that’s not enough. After having un-encrypted the folder(s), copy the contents to a new differently named folder. I didn’t do that. I lost all my crucial business and personal financial records, and was just left with an alias. I had to re-install MacKeeper, beg for help from MacKeeper, they connected via Teamviewer, used Terminal, made it all visible again, and it was fine. Had I left it in the AES encryption mode, there would have been no way to retrieve anything...

So:

1. Un-encrypt

2. Move contents to a different folder

3. Follow Phil Stokes

Please post a comment to Stokes' blog so he can update the instructions.