MacKeeper and the King of Thieves
Stuart Ashenbrenner Apple Technician/Security Researcher January 4, 2017 MacKeeper and the King of Thieves Rub the magic lamp and a Genieo pops out Leonardo DiCaprio was incredible in the blockbuster hit Inception , but if he starred in a movie about MacKeeper, it would be called, “Deception,” and the late, great Robin Williams would voice the Genie…o. Don't worry, I'll explain that bad joke later. Before we dive knuckles deep into a pile of MacKeeper, we should first give some background on the product. MacKeeper, formally owned by ZeoBIT and currently owned by Kromtech Alliance, according to their website, mackeeper.com, MacKeeper is “a choice of millions and the best application for cleaning, security and performance optimization for Mac OS X.” The company initially released in May of 2010, and they are amazing... at marketing. They sell themselves as a security company and/or application, but after hours and hours of testing MacKeeper, we have found