will high siera,mackeeper and chromium harm my Mac
I seem to have clicked on something that has installed high siera,chromium and mackeeper, will they harm my Mac?
Quite worried as I don't know how to uninstall them.I am new to Mac.
MacBook
I seem to have clicked on something that has installed high siera,chromium and mackeeper, will they harm my Mac?
Quite worried as I don't know how to uninstall them.I am new to Mac.
MacBook
High Sierra is the current Mac operating system (see Apple menu > About This Mac).
Malwarebytes has a good reputation and it will remove Mackeeper and other malware. Malwarebytes | Free Cyber Security & Anti-Malware Software
High Sierra is the current Mac operating system (see Apple menu > About This Mac).
Malwarebytes has a good reputation and it will remove Mackeeper and other malware. Malwarebytes | Free Cyber Security & Anti-Malware Software
Do not install MacKeeper (and how to uninstall it if you have):
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6221
How to uninsrall it:
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/
It contains a major security flaw, recently noted:
There is currently a class-action against MacKeeper:
(Please note that references to the original developers, Zeobit, also now refer to Kromtech Alliance Corp, who acquired MacKeeper and PCKeeper from ZeoBit LLC in early 2013.) And in that context the foregoing also applies to their latest offerings,Advnced MacKeeper, AdwareBuster and AdvancedMacCleaner ,which were quickly found to not identify much of the adware around.
How to delete Mac keeper manually .
Enter in System Library - Click on finder and take cursor on top menu bar , click on Go > computer > Macintosh HD
( a ) Applications - Mac keeper app
Click on library .
( b ) Launch Daemons
com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper.plist
com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.MackeeperPrivilegedHelper.plist
( c ) PrivilegedHelperTools
com.mackeeper.Adware.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper
com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.MackeeperPrivilegedHelper
Enter in User Library - click on finder > Go > hold option key > Library , these are the locations where malware hide .
( a ) Application Support
Folder - com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer
Folder - com.mackeeper.MacKeeper
Folder - com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.Mackeeper.Helper
Folder - Mackeeper - and its subfolder - statistic 2
Folder - Mackeeper 3 - and its subfolder - NE notifications
( b ) Launch Agents
Folder - com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.plist
Folder - com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.Helper.plist
( c ) Logs - Mackeeper.log
Mackeeper.log.signed
( d ) Preferences
com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.plist
com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.Helper.plist
com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.plist
( e ) Saved Application state
com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.savedstate
( f ) Caches
Folder - com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.plist
Folder - com.mackeeper.Mackeeper.Helper.plist
Folder - com.mackeeper.Mackeeper
These folders / subfolders and related .plist are dragged and dropped to the trash .
Also if the app is in download folder it is moved to the trash .
Restart the Mac from apple logo and empty the trash .
Thank you for the information.
will high siera,mackeeper and chromium harm my Mac