Mackeeper. Guidance please.

[Smarmie Doofus]

It wants me to clean my computer. ( Macbook pro laptop... about 2 + years old).

It won't let me alone. Pop-ups. Disembodied voices.

Worse than my late mother re. cleanliness. Sheeezz. Relentless.

So... what IS Mac Keeper?

Does it have anything to do w. Apple ?

Does it "know something I don't know" about my precious baby here?

What happens if i click "OK"?

How do i know the promised "cleaning" is really necessary?

And most importantly.......................................................... how much is this going to cost me?

Thanks all.

[freshwest]

1. Supposedly, you installed it at one time. Or someone did. Here's what Wiki says:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackeeper

I went down to the 'Problems' section but found nothing. I don't have anything like that going on. Read what it says it does and if you're comfortable with that activity, I'd say just go with it. Probably has a pre-set schedule for 'cleaning' your computer of infection, or it may have found something it reads as a virus. It shouldn't cost anything, you already paid.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. I'm gonna lay low for now.

Too much tech jargon there for me to .....ummm.... *access*.

Main thing is: it's working fine right now. I'm a little leery of... you know.... "fixing it when it ain't broke."

Thanks, though. ( Don't forget: you promised to help me w. itunes a couple of weeks ago. So I'll be baaaaaaack.)

[cbayer]

2. I regard it as spam and never, ever open it when it pops up.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. I'm leanin' your way on this one.

I don't remember ever ordering it, for one.

And I'm quite sure that I didn't pay for it.

THAT I would have remembered.

Thanks.

[RebelOne]

5. I made the mistake of downloading it.

But I never could get it to work. I think that's because my OS X is an older version. I bought my Mac Mini in 2009 and have not updated it. I get the same pop-ups as you. I just delete them. It won't cost you anything, but is free to try.

[Poiuyt]

6. There are free alternatives available

Onyx, etc.

Mac Keeper is just spam