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Question

How to get rid of MacKeeper?

Mar 17, 2012 9:03AM PDT

Amazing there's ads on many sites for MacKeeper when the forum posts seem to point to it being a gimmick, useless and perhaps even a scam. Rather than pay for an update (I bit once before) I have tried to delete it from both my Macs. But it refuses to trash! It even says it cannot be deleted. What can I do to get rid of all the MacKeeper files?

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MacKeeper deleting
Mar 17, 2012 9:11AM PDT

Sorry, clicking on just answer didn't work.
I was finally able to delete all MacKeeper files using the Move to Trash in Menu. Before it was always grayed out for some reason.

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instruction to remove
Mar 27, 2012 11:28AM PDT
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MacKeeper and Mac Defender are different things!
Apr 12, 2012 1:22AM PDT

You are confusing the malware Mac Defender, which the Apple support page is about, with the utility MacKeeper, which is what sunier2 wanted to get rid of.

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How to get rid of MacKeeper?
Apr 27, 2012 1:39PM PDT

Restore your Mac from Time Machine. Be sure the backup is a date prior to the MacKeeper installation.


Craig

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(NT) How do you do that?
Apr 27, 2012 10:42PM PDT