MacKeeper 0-day flaw more than 20M users affected

Re:MacKeeper 0-day flaw more than 20M users affected by amencarini on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @06:11AM (#9537874)

Why am I not surprised that a software mainly famous because of its pop-up ads is not the most reliable thing ever?

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Re:MacKeeper 0-day flaw more than 20M users affected by philfrasty on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @06:31AM (#9537932)

I have rarely seen someone advertise (any product) as aggressive as they do.

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Re:MacKeeper 0-day flaw more than 20M users affected by nsxwolf on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @10:14AM (#9539048)

They used to run this beautifully integrated ad on speedtest.net, where the robot character was rendered in the same neon green motif. It looked like it was just part of the site. That meant that Ookla must have had an incredibly close working relationship with the ad people at MacKeeper. Feels so dirty.

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Re:MacKeeper 0-day flaw more than 20M users affected by nindalf on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @07:53AM (#9538218)

I actually assumed it was malware masquerading as an anti-virus.

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