MacKeeper was targeted toward ex-Windows users and played on their Windows experiences and fears. It sold things like "Defragging" the Mac drives, "Optimizing" the file structure, etc., and other utilities that are already built into the Mac OS and are done automatically every time you save or install a new app for the first two, and are for the all of the rest that MacKeeper promised to do for them, which they sold by "ScareWare" are taken care of by OS X as part of its built in housekeeping merely by leaving your Mac turned on overnight. It really wasn't a good anti-virus either. . .
it sold itself by aggressive scareware pop-up ads claiming it had found PROBLEMS on the "Mark's Mac" and hinted at un-deleted files and problems akin to what a Windows' user would associate with a "Registry problem." Of course, the OS X Mac has no such animal as a "Registry" to have problems. But it scared them into thinking they had to buy it to "clean up their Mac" like they used to have to have utilities to clean up their Windows PCs.
Coming from a long time lurker, good post.
I haven’t bought into the whole mac anti malware scams are like this. The only third party “tune up” app I use for Mac is Ccleaner.
It sure looks like they modeled their mascot after eve from walle. Albeit on large amounts of roids.
It ran ...overnight...unattended....and turned my mac OFF all by itself.
I cant remember which app that tracks system activity..... recorded the event...
Id sue but I killed mac[-keeper...and all is well.