Funnily enough, they are asking people to report scare adds, according to various articles on the internet. Or, at least, Chrontech is. Ziobits old popup adds basically used a malware called Mac Defender to trash MacKeeper, according to various internet articles. Interesting they are settling this lawsuit.
Portia. On 10/25/15, Nancy Badger <nancybad...@icloud.com> wrote: > Is this the same people that make the Keeper app for iPhone? If it is I need > to change some things quickly!! Please let me know. > Nancy > > Nancy Badger, Ph.D > Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services > UT Chattanooga > Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > >> On Oct 24, 2015, at 6:25 AM, Michael Marshall <mightymaggie...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> are they the fools who make those stupid popups that come up on some sites >> and say stuff like >> Your mac is infected with spyware? >> how stupid do they think we are? >>> On 24 Oct 2015, at 7:03 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> just added them to my firewall. this way, I can't get to them and they >>> can't get to me. :) >>> >>> btw, I use Waterroof as my firewall interface on my OS X Lion system. Its >>> a little tricky getting used to at first, but with a little time and some >>> reading, it becomes the app of choice for us. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>>> On Oct 23, 2015, at 11:07 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >>>> >>>> Pity they didn’t get a proper smackdown in your courts for that day’s >>>> work. >>>> >>>> I block Zeobit, Krontek and MacKeeper domains at the border. I consider >>>> that lot indistinguishable from malware purveyors. This is truly >>>> unfortunate as they clearly aren’t actually true malware but have simply >>>> chosen an unethical business practice to scare people out of their >>>> money >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
