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markh7482 Author

Level 1

119 points

How to Remove Advanced Mac Cleaner Virus

I have just noticed on My Macbook Air that window pop up on my Macbook Air apps Advanced Mac Cleaner and inform me that its start to scan my Mac and save my Macbook from errors.

Last night my younger brother was used my Macbook Air and i suppose accidentally he was installed this utility. Is it good for my Mac or should i uninstalled it right now. Because scan is complete already and its shows me 1389 Errors on my Macbook Air. Should i purchase this tool full version or remove it. because on other discussion thread on apple website here i just noticed that everyone share their bad experience and recommended to uninstall. Advanced Mac Cleaner is fake virus utility. What to do now. Should i remove these 1389 errors or uninstall it

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 28, 2015 1:13 AM

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seventy one

Level 7

27,442 points

Posted on Sep 28, 2015 1:20 AM

Remove it as soon as you can. Do not respond to the site in any way.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2435 Here is some excellent advice from a senior member that gives a link to removing Mackeeper.

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Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Feb 22, 2018 9:03 AM in response to jasminemonique

It is in the Users folder

Rmsipad

Level 1

9 points

Mar 3, 2018 2:59 PM in response to markh7482

I tried this on my MacBook Pro mid 15 os high sierra. didn't work. tried copy/go/etc. and in all cases i got a response that the folder could not be found......help!