Thanks Daniel, I am always nervous about applications that can do all so to speak, they are generally too good to be true (safe in this case).
I had no problems deleting it with CleanApp and using Ronni's post as a guide I could not find any trace of it afterwards, but then again I only tried the Fast Clean and kept well away from the Anti Virus thing which I think can be the most destructive thing you can install particularly if you already have one running. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 04/06/2011, at 11:51 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Adrian > > There are lots of "good" reviews on it. > However,...and the following is my personal opinion.. > Any program/company that advertises the way it does, and has pop ups on some > of the sites I use (even though I have pop ups turned off) doesn't get my > vote. > Also, the software does seem to put "its hooks" through the system a lot. > Something I don't particularly care for. > And, lastly if you do a search for "MacKeeper pop ups" you'll see a lot of > reviews on people that have a) installed it and found it not good and b) had > trouble removing it. > > Here for example is one thread on it:- > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2786697?start=0&tstart=0> > > There's just something about that software I can't quite put my finger on > it,...but I personally don't like it. > The threat of it doing more damage then good can also be a bit of a worry. > ;o) > > Again, this is just my personal opinion. > > The second part to your question, is sort of in the answer above. In that it > installs components all over the system. And the "removal" tool doesn't seem > to get them all. So you have to do lots to get rid of it. That is part the > problem. > > Hope that helps a little. > > Kind regards > Daniel > > > On 4/6/11 9:35 AM, "Skehan Adrian" <adrianske...@me.com> wrote: > >> >> Good morning all, >> >> Early last May there was a post on MacKeeper which seemed to come to an >> abrupt >> close following Ronni's comment. The application has some interesting >> elements to it such as Fast Clean which suggested that there is over 6 GB of >> junk, including foreign languages and lots of preference files for long >> disused applications, etc. Anti-Theft, Duplicate Finder and Undelete look >> interesting. >> >> Does anyone have anything good to say about it? >> >> The other burning questions in my mind are: Has anyone tracked down just what >> it is about it that may causes the sort of problems that Ronni came up >> against? and has the MacKeeper people had anything to say on the matter? >> >> Regards, >> >> Adrian >> adrianske...@me.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
