As Kim requested, here are some of the problems I have with MacKeeper:
Until recently, MacKeeper installed WINE. I was asked to fix a Mac that was running at a crawl, with frequent SBBOD, etc. Problem turned out to be that WINE had taken over most of the CPU. This appears to have been a common problem with MacKeeper, and users did not have any idea that MacKeeper installed WINE or what that means. Nor is it trivial for an unhappy purchaser to discover the problem and remove the offending emulator.
They now have a new version without WINE. But really - something called "MacKeeper" that needed WINE to run? Seriously??
And then there's the marketing of it and the way the company takes advantage of people, misleads them, etc. See for instance these articles:
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/ http://themacfeed.com/2011/06/17/mackeeper-a-rather-slimy-tale/ http://ashmug.com/2011/09/mackeeper-is-not-a-keeper/ Ick. Beverly -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
