timfromwinchester
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Q: Is MacBooster safe

My MacBook is painfully slow to boot up, and often beachballs in safari.

Any tips for a not very tech-savvy user?

Cheers

MacBook (13-inch Late 2008), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 1, 2013 8:46 AM

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Q: Is MacBooster safe

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  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jul 12, 2015 7:08 AM in response to Eltham Jones
    Level 7 (30,944 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 12, 2015 7:08 AM in response to Eltham Jones

    It looks like DivX is going the same route that many free programs seem to be going... bundling adware and junkware. The DivX installer looks just like a number of adware installers I've seen, but it doesn't seem to actually be installing any adware in my testing. It does offer a variety of junkware, apparently depending on location. (I've had it offer both MacBooster and ZipCloud, both completely junk apps, depending on what network I was connected to.)

     

    Although I have not yet coaxed any adware out of the installer, its installer has exactly the same interface as installers that do install adware, and that change their behaviors to try to avoid analysis. I would have to say that you can no longer trust DivX, and should use something else from now on.

  • by MacDruid,

    MacDruid MacDruid Jul 21, 2015 12:20 PM in response to MacDruid
    Level 3 (755 points)
    Jul 21, 2015 12:20 PM in response to MacDruid

    Oy, I found another file!

     

    Top level of your hard drive: /Library/Application Support/AMC/AMCDaemon. Delete the AMC folder and restart the computer.

     

    I saw someone mentioning that folder on another MacBooster thread, but in /username/Library/Application Support so check there too.

     

    I've been having some problems with iTunes account or iTunes store connectivity persistence, most recently error -9858 or something, I can't remember exactly, but it falls in the range of iTunes errors on this Apple Support page Resolve issues between iTunes and third-party security software - Apple Support


    So I figured it may have to do with MacBooster. The only Google search results related AMCDaemon are in the context of iobit (MacBooster) and in the context of people's Macs running slow, so it's probably safe to delete it.

  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Nov 13, 2015 4:29 AM in response to timfromwinchester
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    Mac OS X
    Nov 13, 2015 4:29 AM in response to timfromwinchester

    Anyone coming here looking for info on MacBooster, here's my analysis of what it sneaks into your system:


    /Applications/MacBooster 3.app

     

    /Users/Shared/MacBooster/FileData3

     

    /Users/Shared/MacBooster/Boost3.plist

     

    /Users/Shared/MacBooster

     

    /Library/Caches/AMCExtractByte

     

    /Library/Caches/AMCInstallTemp.txt

     

    /Library/Application Support/AMC

     

    /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist

     

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.iobit.MacBoosterMini.plist

     

    ~/Library/Application Support/ErrorReporter

     

    ~/Library/Application Support/MacBooster

     

    ~/Library/Application Support/MacBooster 3.0

     

    ~/Library/Preferences/cryptFile3

     

    ~/Library/Preferences/com.iobit.Boost3.plist

     

    ~/Library/Preferences/com.iobit.MacBooster-3.plist

     

    ~/Library/Preferences/com.iobit.MacBooster-mini.plist



    Do I consider that safe? No. Not by a long chalk. The uninstaller also is not to be trusted as it leaves executables in place on your system.

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