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Is MacKeeper a legitimate program?

I am concerned about this app named "MacKeeper". It's very weird, and I'm not 100% sure it's legitimate. Is it real or a scam? Here's a screenshot:

Is this app real or a scam? People here on Apple Support Communities think MacKeeper is a scam and they tell you that you must uninstall it now. MacKeeper displays a lot of distracting popups and notifications, and for doing almost anything requires you pay for the registered version.

Message was edited by: Brandon Sky

iPod and iTunes-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Sep 8, 2012 1:56 AM

219 replies

ykats02

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Jul 23, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Brandon Sky

How do you uninstall MacKeeper?

thomas_r.

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Jul 23, 2015 9:22 AM in response to ykats02

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

Kurt Lang

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Feb 11, 2017 12:04 PM in response to AlanDiaz

You're welcome. 🙂

Jul 21, 2017 10:18 AM in response to helenfmb

^ another paid advertiser 😀

Aug 15, 2017 2:09 PM in response to Brandon Sky

Delete right now!!!

This is a virus!!!!

Sep 9, 2017 7:12 AM in response to Brandon Sky

It is malware, remove it using Malwarebytes for mac.

http://www.thesafemac.com/malware-dictionary/

Kurt Lang

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Oct 6, 2017 12:21 PM in response to susanpom

That's Kromtech. Insisting on another $100 to remove a non-existant virus isn't simply misleading, it's fraud.

susanpom

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Oct 6, 2017 12:36 PM in response to Kurt Lang

That is why I am complaining to the FBI

Kurt Lang

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Oct 6, 2017 1:37 PM in response to susanpom

They won't be able to to anything about it. Kromtech is located in Germany.

They acquired ZeoBIT, where MacKeeper spawned, and was officially located in California.

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