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The lawsuit was settled, and I am ommitting a lot of the legal jargon, but ZeoBIT settled for $2 million and told customers they could get a refund if MacKeeper was purchased before 8 July, 2015. A win for the people!Īs of December 6, 2016, ZeoBIT, LLC is no longer in operation, but not before they sold MacKeeper to Kromtech Alliance Corp. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania). In 2014, Holly Yecha filed a class-action lawsuit against MacKeeper's, at the time, former owner, ZeoBIT, LLC, claiming that the company's computer security program identifies problems that don't exist and generates false error messages to scare users into purchasing an upgrade. The way it gained speed, however, is part of the reason that MacKeeper is so highly criticized.
MacKeeper, and as most programs, started out slow before gaining speed in the computer "security" industry. MacKeeper was started by ZeoBIT, LLC, out of Sunnyvale, California. History: I want to start with a little history of MacKeeper, and the two companies that have owned it since its inception in March 2010. I also want to talk about specific articles that praise MacKeeper, and touch on why I still believe it is garbage. I wanted to write a post that chronicles the reasoning behind my hatred. A fellow computer technician, a screenshot of the message saying "MacKeeper has blocked you" and referred to it as the 'Badge of Honor'. In fact, I have been undoubtedly critical of them, enough to have them block me on Twitter.
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Our first software, the well-known, persistent piece of garbage, MacKeeper.Īs most of you know, I have never been a fan of the software MacKeeper.
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Welcome to Part 1 of a multipart series focusing on Known Bad Software. As PUPs seems like a "politically correct" term to call these programs, I'm going to call a spade a spade. Known Bad Software (KBS), or sometimes referred to as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are on the rise. Give them a follow on Twitter as a thank you! Thank you very much for your contributions! Let's begin. Their knowledge and assistance over the years have made this possible.
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Before starting, I need to thank Matt Jacobs ( - Primary Apple Authorized Mac Technician, Apple Certified iOS Technician, Apple Authorized Support Professional), Diego Munoz ( - Primary Apple Certified iOS Technician, Apple Authorized Mac Technician, Apple Authorized Support Professional), mac-interactive ( - Operated company providing Apple Support since 2003, experience in maintaining large networks of Macs in enterprise environment), and .uk ( provides computer support, hardware repair, maintenance and upgrades for Apple Macintosh and iOS users in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex for on-site repairs/collections) for their contributions to this blog post.