Other info to this problem. The only thing I have updated recently is a new version of Flash. MacKeeper somehow got installed, I believe through the update of Flash. Removed MacKeeper immediately, but the akamaihd problem appeared the moment I deleted MacKeeper. Firefox not affected. System: iMac Late 2012, OS X 10.11.6, Safari 10.0. MacKeeper Reviews. There are a lot of negative MacKeeper reviews out there, a lot claiming that MacKeeper is a scam. But if you look at what the critics have to say, it is a different story. Many professional reviewers have given their own MacKeeper review and it has been mostly positive. MacKeeper has had one use for me. For years I never bothered to block ads. Once in a while I'll see something useful to me, and after all, free sites like this one depend on advertising. MacKeeper changed all that. After I don't know how many ads that were downright offensive, I installed Adblock Plus. MacKeeper offers security, privacy, and tune-up features, but it lacks essential protection against malicious and fraudulent URLs. I have recently downloaded over 13 million sensitive account details related to MacKeeper, Zeobit, and/or Kromtech. There are bigger places that will get you more publicity–especially outside of Reddit. 121 points 4 years ago. Contact big media, don't let these jackasses cover their tracks quietly.
MacKeeper, an increasingly popular MacBook optimization tool suite designed to improve overall system speed, has been revealed to have unintentionally exposed several instances of MongoDB containing sensitive customer data. To make matters worse, the news was made public due to a reddit post by security enthusiast Chris Vickery after many unsuccessful attempts to contact the company about the breach. Over six hours after the news reached reddit, the post was upvoted to #1 on the Apple subreddit forum and still without any response from MacKeeper.
Chris personally described the discovery as almost a complete accident, stating he simply got bored and decided to do a “port 27101” search on the popular search engine Shodan. This is a port commonly associated with MongoDB, so the event of finding an open database isn’t entirely shocking and was most likely his intention. However, the fact that the database contained over 13 million sets of customer information is particularly concerning.
Chris announced the information he obtained included names, email addresses, usernames, password hashes, computer name, ip address, software license and activation codes, type of hardware, type of subscription, phone numbers, and serial numbers. Payment information such as credit card numbers were exempt from this breach because they were processed and stored on alternate servers, but it should be noted that the passwords were weakly hashed with MD5 without any salts. Overall, the quality of data in this breach is significantly less valuable than some more popular hits like Target or Home Depot. This begs the question, “how should the severity of data beaches be determined?” Is it the the quality of Data? The responsiveness of the company to own up to the mistake? Or simply the level of negligence that caused the breach?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/3wq9fc/massive_data_breach/
If you've had a Mac for a while, there's a good chance you've come across an ad for a software called Mackeeper. It's a Cleaning utility originally developed by Zeobit LLC which was acquired by Kromtech Alliance Corp, a German-based IT investment and development company, in 2015. You can check out their website by clicking the button below:
Mackeeper has been under some heavy criticism in the Apple community for advertising heavily. In this post, I'll review the tool itself and uncover some of the truths about Mackeeper that will help you decide if it's worth your money or not.
Is Mackeeper a “virus”?
Mackeeper parent company, Kromtech Alliance Corp, advertise their products heavily. That advertising includes annoying popups that sometimes start downloading mackeeper automatically to the user's computer. For this reason, many people label it as a virus that is sneakily trying to install itself on their Macs.
The truth is, even if the download automatically starts from a popup, you can still cancel it. If you don't manage to cancel it, the software won't install itself on your Mac unless you open the .dmg file and install it yourself.
Yes, those are seriously aggressive marketing tactics and I think Kromtech should rethink their marketing strategy but I won't call mackeeper a virus just because of that. It is not a virus/scam. It's just that the parent company is notorious for its aggressive advertising campaigns.
Why is Mackeeper disliked in the Apple community?
We live in an age where we'll believe just about anything we read on the internet. Most of the people who bash mackeeper haven't tried it. They just read a negative forum/blog post about it and believe Mackeeper to be whatever the post says. This kind of a chain effect continues and coupled with Kromtech's aggressive advertising, gives Mackeeper a bad name in the Apple community.
This is why I decided to get a license myself and test it out myself on my Mac. Below is my impartial review of some of the tools Mackeeper has.
I also worked out a deal with the Kromtech guys. They've hooked me up with a 66% percent discount on the 2-year plan. That means you can save $240 if you buy it using the link below. It's not just for the 2-year plan though, the discount applies to all plans, even the smallest one.
Now, on with the actual review…
Installation is pretty simple. You download the .dmg file, open it, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Here is how the main screen looks:
Memory Cleaner:
My Mac has 4 gigs of memory and sometimes it struggles to give the best performance due to lack of memory. Running Mackeeper every now and then helps me free up some RAM and that comes in real handy. I just ran the memory cleaner and managed to free almost 400MB of RAM.
Duplicate Finder:
The duplicates finder detects file copies that take up hard disk space on your Mac. It groups such identical files even if they were renamed so that you can decide to delete them or transfer them to an external storage device to free up hard disk space on your Mac.
You can also group the duplicate files by file types. For example, clicking on “video” tab in the duplicates finder module will only show duplicate video files. Here's a screenshot of the duplicates finder screen:
Smart Uninstaller:
This is a nice handy tool to uninstall apps from your mac properly. Just deleting apps from the “Applications” folder is not enough. This is where Mackeeper comes in. It shows you a list of apps you can choose to uninstall from. Then after uninstalling it, it scans your entire hard disk for leftover files associated to that app and removes them. This not only saves storage space but also helps with the performance of your mac.
Login Items:
This module simply shows you the list of apps that start with your mac. You can add or remove apps in your login items by clicking the + or – sign.
Disk Usage:
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The disk usage module scans your hard disk and lists all files and folders present on it along with the size of the folder right next to its name. The folder size is displayed in 4 colors (red, orange, yellow, green) depending on the size of the folder.
Anti Theft:
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The anti-theft module serves two purposes. One, it prevents unauthorized access to your mac. Two, it helps you track your mac in case it gets stolen. You set it up once, and in case your mac gets stolen, you can use the web interface on mackeeper's website to track your Mac's location and even take a photo of the intruder/thief using your Mac's iSight camera.