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Q: Mackeeper

Is mackeeper a scam?

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Posted on Oct 1, 2012 3:26 PM

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Intego makes firewall software, which Mac OS X has built-in.    Intego makes anti-virus software, which can be gotten for the Mac.   Sophos and ClamAV are probably the best anti-virus for the Mac.  Though I've never needed any.  I just don't open attachments from people I don't know. Or I don't use an Office suite that supports macros.

Posted on Oct 1, 2012 5:13 PM

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  • by slbyard,

    slbyard slbyard Oct 1, 2012 5:20 PM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 1, 2012 5:20 PM in response to Csound1

    Csound1 wrote:

     

    What did you use before the iMac? an older Mac?

    yes I used an older mac and am still using it

  • by slbyard,

    slbyard slbyard Oct 1, 2012 5:21 PM in response to slbyard
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    Oct 1, 2012 5:21 PM in response to slbyard

    Thanks all for helping!

  • by Ralph Landry1,

    Ralph Landry1 Oct 2, 2012 3:27 AM in response to slbyard
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    Oct 2, 2012 3:27 AM in response to slbyard

    You're welcome and safe computing.

  • by slbyard,

    slbyard slbyard Oct 2, 2012 9:15 AM in response to Ralph Landry1
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    Oct 2, 2012 9:15 AM in response to Ralph Landry1

    Somehow, I got on a site~no idea how!~and I had to agree to consider downloading by hitting OK. I wasn't going to so I quit Safari~still there. I force quit Safari~still there! I had to hit okay to that stupid window before I could even use Safari. Would that hurt my computer as some people are saying??

    Thanks,

    slbyard

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 2, 2012 9:28 AM in response to slbyard
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    Oct 2, 2012 9:28 AM in response to slbyard

    slbyard wrote:

     

    Somehow, I got on a site~no idea how!~and I had to agree to consider downloading by hitting OK. I wasn't going to so I quit Safari~still there. I force quit Safari~still there! I had to hit okay to that stupid window before I could even use Safari. Would that hurt my computer as some people are saying??

    Thanks,

    slbyard

    You're going to have to provide more information, what site? what were you trying to download?

     

    You didn't install MacKeeper, correct?

  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Oct 2, 2012 9:40 AM in response to slbyard
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    Oct 2, 2012 9:40 AM in response to slbyard

    If you are using Lion 10.7.5, when you quit Safari - or even force quit it - it will reopen the next time you start it with last page you were on. This was a 'feature' enabled by default in Lion (its disabled by default in 10.8).

     

    You can override it in two ways - hold down the 'option' key when you quit Safari, or hold down the 'shift' key when you start Safari.

     

    Equally, you can turn this 'feature' Off (a good idea... ) by unchecking the box in

     

     > System Preferences > General | Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps

     

    As for whether you caused any harm to your computer by hitting 'OK', you'll have to provide more details about what site you were on and what exactly you were being asked to confirm with the 'OK' button.

  • by slbyard,

    slbyard slbyard Oct 2, 2012 10:38 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 2, 2012 10:38 AM in response to Csound1

    Csound1 wrote:

     

    You're going to have to provide more information, what site? what were you trying to download?

     

    You didn't install MacKeeper, correct?

    no I didn't install~I was on some blog and my mouse jumped when i was clicking(I really do need a mousepad) it went to the 'mackeeper official site' and the Safari window pops up on my screen and it said Please consider downloading mackeeper. I couldn't get out of the window without pressing OK and I didnt want to but there was nothing else to do. SO, am I okay?

    Thanks

  • by slbyard,

    slbyard slbyard Oct 2, 2012 10:41 AM in response to softwater
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    Oct 2, 2012 10:41 AM in response to softwater

    softwater wrote:

     

    If you are using Lion 10.7.5, when you quit Safari - or even force quit it - it will reopen the next time you start it with last page you were on. This was a 'feature' enabled by default in Lion (its disabled by default in 10.8).

     

    You can override it in two ways - hold down the 'option' key when you quit Safari, or hold down the 'shift' key when you start Safari.

     

    Equally, you can turn this 'feature' Off (a good idea... ) by unchecking the box in

     

     > System Preferences > General | Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps

     

    As for whether you caused any harm to your computer by hitting 'OK', you'll have to provide more details about what site you were on and what exactly you were being asked to confirm with the 'OK' button.

    Thanks, I went to system preferences and saw that that button was checked~I unchecked so thank you for pointing that out-I would have never saw that on my own!

  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Oct 4, 2012 2:34 AM in response to slbyard
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    Oct 4, 2012 2:34 AM in response to slbyard

    Have a look in your Downloads folder. To be sure, when you click on the Downloads folder, go up to the menu bar and choose 'View > Arrange by > Date Added' which will sort your most recent downloads from the top going down to the oldest ones.

     

    If you find 'mackeeper.pkg' or something similarly named, just throw it in the trash. Job done. If you don't find a download, nothing to worry about. Either way, you haven't installed MacKeeper unless you clicked on the downloaded package and went through the install wizard (which presumably  you'd remember doing if you did it!).

  • by slbyard,

    slbyard slbyard Oct 19, 2012 12:34 PM in response to softwater
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    Oct 19, 2012 12:34 PM in response to softwater

    Ok, no I don't have it. And no, even though I forget many things, I'm fairly sure that I would remember that!

    Thanks again for the help.

    slbyard

  • by MacPcConsultant,

    MacPcConsultant MacPcConsultant Jun 17, 2013 10:35 AM in response to slbyard
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    Jun 17, 2013 10:35 AM in response to slbyard

    AVOID MacKeeper.

     

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/22269136#22269136

  • by Angelspawn666,

    Angelspawn666 Angelspawn666 May 20, 2014 1:51 PM in response to slbyard
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    May 20, 2014 1:51 PM in response to slbyard

    I got an app called  Wastenotime from safari extentions. everytime mackeep pop up comes up i add it to the block list... its been a month now and havent had one sodding pop up. i never installed mackeeper and never will.

  • by Mullik,

    Mullik Mullik Sep 11, 2015 5:52 PM in response to slbyard
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    Sep 11, 2015 5:52 PM in response to slbyard

    hey, i can't install mackeeper during a problem...the installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.contact the software manufacturer for assistance. how can i solve it?t

  • by MacPcConsultant,

    MacPcConsultant MacPcConsultant Sep 17, 2015 8:43 AM in response to Mullik
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    Sep 17, 2015 8:43 AM in response to Mullik

    Consider yourself very fortunate.

  • by bizworld,

    bizworld bizworld Oct 31, 2015 5:49 PM in response to Ralph Landry1
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    Oct 31, 2015 5:49 PM in response to Ralph Landry1

    So what about the issues Mackeeper claims they find on your Mac. Since there are no known viruses that attack Macs, are those just claims that they are making?

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