Hi Eric,
>From what I understand, Mac Defender was a scareware vender trying to
scare people away from Mackeeper. But anyways, take care.
Portia.
On 10/26/15, Eric Oyen wrote:
> yes, it is, isn't it. makes me wonder if the whole mac keeper / mac defender
> thing was nothing more than 2 scare wa
yes, it is, isn't it. makes me wonder if the whole mac keeper / mac defender
thing was nothing more than 2 scare ware vendors trying to outdo the other. In
either case, any domains associated with either outfit are now safely ensconced
in my firewall. In the case of Mac defender, they are appare
Funnily enough, they are asking people to report scare adds, according
to various articles on the internet. Or, at least, Chrontech is.
Ziobits old popup adds basically used a malware called Mac Defender to
trash MacKeeper, according to various internet articles. Interesting
they are settling this
Is this the same people that make the Keeper app for iPhone? If it is I need to
change some things quickly!! Please let me know.
Nancy
Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
UT Chattanooga
Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.
> On Oc
Hi!
I have had them tell me that snake32.exe was a virus and needed to be removed
from my computer before. Obviously, this is funny, because .exe is a Windows
file association. Of course, people who've never looked at file extensions
before probably don't know that, so it's easy enough to belie
i hated those popups, will they stop now do you think?
> On 24 Oct 2015, at 10:12 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
>
> That’s them. Or one of their many unreliable partners who get serious
> commission for flogging that crap.
>
> Here’s a rundown from The Safe Mac (who sadly have just been pick
That’s them. Or one of their many unreliable partners who get serious
commission for flogging that crap.
Here’s a rundown from The Safe Mac (who sadly have just been picked up by
MalwareBytes):
http://www.thesafemac.com/ongoing-mackeeper-fraud/
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are they the fools who make those stupid popups that come up on some sites and
say stuff like
Your mac is infected with spyware?
how stupid do they think we are?
> On 24 Oct 2015, at 7:03 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>
> just added them to my firewall. this way, I can't get to them and they can't
> get
just added them to my firewall. this way, I can't get to them and they can't
get to me. :)
btw, I use Waterroof as my firewall interface on my OS X Lion system. Its a
little tricky getting used to at first, but with a little time and some
reading, it becomes the app of choice for us.
-eric
On
Pity they didn’t get a proper smackdown in your courts for that day’s work.
I block Zeobit, Krontek and MacKeeper domains at the border. I consider that
lot indistinguishable from malware purveyors. This is truly unfortunate as
they clearly aren’t actually true malware but have simply chosen a
and here I have been trumpeting all over social media that something was amiss
with this company (and their product). I believe I used the term "scare ware"
ah well, the best kind of security is an informed and knowledgable user.
-eric
On Oct 23, 2015, at 2:15 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionar
Missed this in the news somewhere. Apparently the owners of MacKeeper
have settled a class action suit and are close to getting approval for
their $1.25M settlement fund. If you bought it you might be eligible.
Details are here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2996814/security/mackeeper-buyers
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