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why apple let to Mac Keeper to alert me fake that my mac book air infected by virus? when searching bit defender and others they said that i haven't any viruses in my computer!!

Many times Mac Keeper alert me spontaneously that my mac book air infected by many viruses and force me that buy this antivirus program...Apple company know this or its fake alert or an advertisement. But its so disturbed me because of always force me that buy this program. So, bit defender and other virus scanners not find any viruses or malware...this alert from Mac Keeper are true or not? how i can know this is fake or true? thanks for your answers. The best regards

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), iOS 8.3

Posted on Apr 19, 2015 1:31 PM

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Posted on Apr 20, 2015 10:29 AM

MacKeeper is an awful program which you should remove from your mac, it does more damage than good. OS X is perfectly capable of taking care of itself

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Apr 19, 2015 1:33 PM in response to drsertop

The pop up messages are nothing more than annoying spam. Have you installed MacKeeper? Are you constantly seeing these popup messages? If so:


Please review the options below to determine which method is best to remove the Adware installed on your computer.


The Easy, safe, effective method:

http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php


If you are comfortable doing manual file removals use the somewhat more difficult method:

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


Also read the articles below to be more prepared for the next time there is an issue on your computer.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7471

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8071

http://www.thesafemac.com/tech-support-scam-pop-ups/

why apple let to Mac Keeper to alert me fake that my mac book air infected by virus? when searching bit defender and others they said that i haven't any viruses in my computer!!

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