I always thought anti viral products were not required with Apple computers. However, I recently installed MacKeeper thinking it was a Mac product. I now think this was an error on my part. The software seems to have slowed down my system. Please could someone advise me if my asessment is correct and how I might safely remove this software from my computers? Mac Pro, iOS 5. Posted on May 15, AM. Countless threads on this topic.
Try looking at the More Like This section to the right of your post. As you correctly surmise MacKeeper has nothing to do with Apple and is considered by many to be malware which will adversely affect your Mac. Look here for more details. May 15, AM. I have used MacKeeper for the last 3, maybe 4 years with all my Macs, and can truley say that it has worked fantastically and really helped to keep my Mac's I own six Mac's, 4 PC's, and 2 Linux machines clean.
I do not use their antivirus software just the cleaning portion. Recently, I started to read these negative articles here on the Apple Forums stating that MacKeeper is Malware and a Virus so I decided to do more research and find out how quickly I needed to remove this program from my Mac.
I stumbled upon this fairly current article published a few months ago, this year by Cult of Mac a reputable and highly recognized source in the Mac Community, "Is MacKeeper Really a Scam? I consider my computer knowledge to be semi-advanced as I have coded and built several web pages, built hundreds of PC's, setup several large scale Fibre, Cat5, and Cat6 Networks, and several small office networks or less computers connected over the past 20 years.
So, needless to say, I am just a regular dude with an MBA who likes to read educated information and feels that everyone else should only be reading educated information. Dec 10, AM. Page content loaded. In order to avoid detection, the installer will first look for the presence of some antivirus tools and other utilities that might be present on a power user's system, which according to F-Secure include the following:. If these tools are found, then the malware deletes itself in an attempt to prevent detection by those who have the means and capability to do so.
Many malware programs use this behavior, as was seen in others such as the Tsunami malware bot. It is also unethically marketed and a rip-off, offering nothing that is not available for free.. Positive reviews of it are known to have been paid for by the developers, Zeobit. I had to first remove the App beofre it eventually did 'Quit'. We have auctioned well over 1. What are the objects in the corners of some images?
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