Hi Eric, >From what I understand, Mac Defender was a scareware vender trying to scare people away from Mackeeper. But anyways, take care.
Portia. On 10/26/15, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote: > yes, it is, isn't it. makes me wonder if the whole mac keeper / mac defender > thing was nothing more than 2 scare ware vendors trying to outdo the other. > In either case, any domains associated with either outfit are now safely > ensconced in my firewall. In the case of Mac defender, they are apparently > associated with the same company that brings you the late night commercials > from "MaxMysppeed.com" or "Cleanmypc.com" or some 800 or so others under the > bit defender label. It took a little doing and a small script written in > bash shell to accomplish this. :) > > -eric > > On Oct 26, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Portia Scott wrote: > >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> 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 <[email protected]> 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. 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