Even searches for "mackeeper scam" displayed a set of sites that are part of MacKeeper's extended affiliate network. It seems as though an entire marketing effort was built around this idea that MacKeeper is not in fact, a scam (warrantless, of course). I read forum posts made by MacKeeper staff members that were so overly-promotional, they made Comcast appear humble. The more of them I read the more it felt like each article bled into the next, each filled with fifteen or so of the same keywords. Most of the reviews were generic comparisons of identical features between MacKeeper and its competitors. The first two pages of Google yielded a list of very similar, mediocre content. To examine some of the major ones:ĭoing what I should of done before I wasted $39, I started reading some reviews of the product. MacKeeper has 6-7 data clean-up applications all conveniently located in one spot.
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Though there are built-in applications on Mac OS X to take care of hard drive maintenance, they are scattered and it can take time to get familiar with each of them. Sounds pretty nifty, right? Data Control Features: Hard Drive Clean-up Even the promotional graphic illustrating Anti-Theft was amusing: a thief of tween years inexplicably gets busted by the MacKeeper technology. The photo and an accompanying report are then emailed to you. The next time your Mac logs online, a photo is taken with iSight. This tool tracks the location of your Mac so that, if stolen, you can file a report with ZeoBIT LLC (the developers). The Anti-Theft feature is somewhat reasonable. In any event, the Antivirus feature offers real-time protection from malware and phishing, as well as daily updates to their virus database. I think they have a sense of what computer terms frighten more per capita. MacKeeper hypes the Antivirus feature a little too much. Security Features: Antivirus & Anti-Theft:
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