watcharacters Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm thinking this is one of the most pervasive sites I've ever seen on the internet. I know from reading reviews on Apple forums that the chances of this site being helpful are slim to none and to add to that it's not necessarily easy to delete the embedded program. I just looked up some information on Yahoo Finance Board about a particular stock and low and behold, I see a sponsored ad for MacKeeper with an attractive female next to it. It was buried withing articles about the Stock I wanted to research There seems to be no end to the vigilance one must have with the internet. Please don't reply about Yahoo Finance board. This is about a stinking malware or at least invasive program called MacKeeper How on earth do they remain in business? Can anyone tell me this is a good program and say they've paid for it and been satisfied? Not about Yahoo Finance Board, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiruio Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 It is totally a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 20 hours ago, Quiruio said: It is totally a scam. For sure and I wonder how it manages to keep above water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 MacKeeper's spamvertising is despicable, with things like tab hijacking, popups or unethical redirects with saying YOUR MAC MAY BE INFECTED!!! or other fake virus scams. https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/08/pup-friday-mackeeper/ And if anyone reading here was unfortunate enough to be duped into installing MacKeeper, you would be well-advised to remove it as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwilly Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 David A Cox who seems to be well informed recommends that you never install Mackeeper. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Amazes me that sites/providers allow Mackeeper on their pages. Reflects very very badly on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 On 30/10/2016 at 10:32 AM, cheeryble said: Amazes me that sites/providers allow Mackeeper on their pages. Reflects very very badly on them. Quote Even if you’ve never installed the software on your own Mac, there’s a good chance that you’ve been unable to escape some of the grossly invasive advertising for it, popping up on a myriad of different websites. They’re the type of advertisements that look sketchy from the get-go, poking up from the bottom of your screen to cover part of a site’s content until you click it away. For the most part, invasive advertising like that–especially when it appears in many corners of the web, should set off alarms about the integrity of the product being advertised. In the case of MacKeeper, those warnings are spot on. http://pcloginonline.com/mackeeper-safe-scam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lujanit Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 MacKeeper creates a new tab on your browser. Just click the x to that tab. Annoying but gets the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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