MacKeeper, go away!

[space-time]

I am browsing, read a philly.com page and I open google maps to check something... a window with MacKeeper pops up (I have pop-ups blocked in Safari). I close the window... then wife is browsing in the kitchen and I hear a loud "On this page you can download MacKeeper, blah blah blah"...

wtf? I saw mac keeper before but never had pop ups, never hard loud ads shouting at me.

[Black]

You have to say the MacKeeper "safe word" otherwise it's not going to take you seriously.

I felt the same way about Little Snitch. Finally disabled it.

[deckeda]

MacKeeper is doing their best to give the Windows crapware experience to Mac users everywhere.

[Chakravartin]

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2786697?start=0&tstart=0

[Black]

Chakravartin wrote:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2786697?start=0&tstart=0

The OP in the linked thread never solved the problem, but some yahoo with one-way internet kept posting the same bad advice over and over.
Are you saying there's no resolution? Or there's no longer help to be had on mac forums?

[btfc]

Empty cache. Clean out cookies. Flush Flash cookies using Safari Cookies, Flush, or through the Flash Player system prefs pane.

[Chakravartin]

Black wrote:
[quote=Chakravartin]
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2786697?start=0&tstart=0

The OP in the linked thread never solved the problem, but some yahoo with one-way internet kept posting the same bad advice over and over.
Are you saying there's no resolution? Or there's no longer help to be had on mac forums?
There are two solutions posted in that thread.

[Black]

Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=Black]
[quote=Chakravartin]
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2786697?start=0&tstart=0

The OP in the linked thread never solved the problem, but some yahoo with one-way internet kept posting the same bad advice over and over.
Are you saying there's no resolution? Or there's no longer help to be had on mac forums?
There are two solutions posted in that thread.
Been meaning to talk to you about this . . . that last little bit, about whether a "solution" actually helps anyone solve their problem . . . it's kind of important.

[Chakravartin]

Black wrote:
Been meaning to talk to you about this . . . that last little bit, about whether a "solution" actually helps anyone solve their problem . . . it's kind of important.

It usually takes the cooperation of the person asking for help...

[comphernation]

Reading the Apple Discussions thread, it seems pretty clear it's a pop-under or similar, which Safari's pop-up blocker won't prevent. Posters there report that GlimmerBlocker works to prevent such things.

For what it's worth, I use Saft with Safari Version 4.1.3 (4533.19.4) under Tiger (OS X 10.4.11), and these things never bother me anymore. Saft's 'Ad Blocker' lets one add specific URLs to block, for example:

*/Ads/*
*/ad/*
*/ads/*
*adclick*
*promotion*
*sponsor*
*/adserver*
*doubleclick*
*pagead*
*kolmic.com*
*.intellitxt.com*
*ads.yimg.com/*
*suitesmart.com*
*.bc.yahoo.com*
*wixi.com*
*fastclick*
*.quantcast.com*
*chitika.com/*
*.chitika.com/
*.chitika.net/
*/oascentral*
*revsci.net*
*stansberryresearch.com*
*/addserver.*
*ad.doubleclick.net*
*viruslivescan.com*
*burstnet.com*
*ifastnet.com*

... and so on. One can set it use regex matches if one knows how. I often go to the snopes.com site and get no pop-unders. I went to the wowhead.com site mentioned in the thread and got none, either. Saft isn't free, but it's been worth it to me. Other apps, perhaps some free ones, may work as well.

Hope this helps.