Does Uninstalling MacKeeper completely removes all it harms and bugs it has on the mac???

Question

Hello all, I just got my mac for a week and I downloaded the Mackeeper out of worries that my mac will get infected by virus.. I read about Mackeeper over and over again.. Sounds bad to me.. So I just wanna confirm that after uninstalling this programme my system will not get any harmed in any way, does it??? Well, I installed the Mackeeper for free and I just removed it without downloading the Zeobit uninstaller.. using the way that requires me to answer why i would like to uninstall mackeeper to uninstall it.. Do you think I'm saved? Thanks in Advanced

Answer 1

Here you go-
MacKeeper – also known as ‘911 Bundle‘ in the App store — yes, you’ve seen the ads all over the internet, pop ups on your favourite webpages, it seems to be everywhere. It must be legit’. Right?
Wrong! Maybe you checked out the website – looks good…if you only give it a cursory glance. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find some of those testimonials are phoney. Like the one that says Macupdate gave MacKeeper a 5-star rating, when in fact it got a 2-star rating and the comments are filled with one person after another complaining about this ‘anti-virus’ program.
OK, don’t feel bad if you fell for it, particularly if you’re new to Mac and don’t know that Macs don’t have virus issues like PCs. If you’ve downloaded MacKeeper you know already the problems it’s causing you, slowing down your machine and throwing up bizarre popups all the time. If you haven’t downloaded it, DON’T! And here’s another warning: don’t use the ‘uninstaller’ that they provide! It doesn’t actually clear out all of MacKeeper’s files, and it phishes for personal details before it lets you even run it. So how do you get rid of it? Here’s how:
**Update: If the procedure below looks complex, try downloading the simplified version with screenshots in my Easy Guide to Uninstalling MacKeeper pdf.
Getting ready:
You will need
— to calm down! ( don’t be angry with yourself or your Mac!)
— a sharp eye   ( don’t be trashing the wrong files…)
— a copy of EasyFind (free tool available from Devon Technologies).
Once EasyFind is installed and running, you need to consider your backups first.
Time Machine
i. If you use Time Machine, leave it connected and do the Time Machine Step (TM step) where indicated. Instructions for the TM step are given in the box in step 1 below.
Clones
ii. If you use a clone without archiving, disconnect the clone and run the procedure below on your internal disk. When it is complete and you have verified everything is OK, connect your clone and wipe the partition using Disk Utility. Then make a new clone.
iii. If you use a clone with archiving, reboot into your clone now and run the procedure below on the clone first. Then shutdown you computer, disconnect the clone from the system and reboot into your internal drive. Run the entire procedure again on your internal drive.
Encryption
If you have used MacKeeper to encrypt any data, unencrypt it now. If you remove MacKeeper without unencrypting your data first, you will not be able to access it later. This only applies to data encrypted with MacKeeper, and not data encrypted using Mac OS built-in encryption services or using any other program.
If you have anything in the Trash, empty it now before you start.
The Uninstall Procedure:
Once you have prepared everything as above, you’re ready to start the uninstall procedure.
1. If MacKeeper is running, quit it. From the sidebar in any Finder window, choose your hard disk icon and go to your Library folder. Look in the Application Support folder for the folder inside it called ‘MacKeeper’ (/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper). Click on the folder once.
TM Step
If you are using Time Machine do the TM Step now.
Enter Time Machine via the TM icon on your menubar at the top of your screen.
Click the little gear/cog in the Finder window and choose ‘delete all backups of xxx file’.
Enter your Admin password to confirm the delete. Exit Time Machine and then…
If you don’t use TM or after you have completed the TM step, hold down the ‘command’ key and press the ‘delete’ key once to send the file to the trash.
2. Still in Library, look for and trash any of these you find in the same way, remembering if you have Time Machine to do the TM step first in each case:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon
/Library/Logs/MacKeeper.log
3. If you are using Lion, use the ‘Go’ menu in Finder’s menubar and hold down the ‘option’ key. Choose ‘Library’ from the menu (yes, this is a different Library folder from the one you were just in). If you are using Snow Leopard or Leopard, just click on the little ‘Home‘ icon in the Finder sidebar and navigate to the Library. Then trash any and all of these that you find, remembering to do the TM step (if applicable) first in each case: 
Home/Library/Caches/com.zeobit.MacKeeper
Home/Library/Caches/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper
Home/Library/LaunchAgents/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper
Home/Library/LaunchAgents/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.Backup.agent
Home/Library/Logs/MacKeeper.log
Home/Library/Preferences/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plist
Home/Library/Preferences/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
Home/Library/Receipts/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.bom
Be careful not to delete the wrong files: only those that have got the words ‘zeobit’, ‘MacKeeper’, ’911′ or ’911bundle’ should be trashed.
Now switch to the EasyFind.app you downloaded at the beginning. Set it up like this:
In the ‘Volumes’ drop-down menu on the right, choose the volume that you are currently booted into (that will be your internal hard disk icon unless you are cleaning an external clone). In the search box, try each of these in turn: ‘zeobit’, ‘mackeeper’, ’911 bundle’. For anything that you find, hold down the ‘control’ key and click once on the entry in EasyFind’s window. From the menu, choose ‘Reveal in Finder’. Delete the folder from Finder, remembering to do the TM step first in each case if you are using Time Machine.
4. Go to Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access.app and double click on it. Notice the padlock in the window is up there on the left, rather than down the bottom. Click on it and enter your admin password. Now go through all the items in the ‘Keychains‘ list (such as Login, System, Root) with ‘All items’ selected in the ‘Category’ list. Anything you find related to ‘MacKeeper’ or ‘zeobit’, click on it, then choose Edit > Delete from the menu.
(Thanks to Al for also mentioning this point in the Comments below!   ).
5. Open the Activity Monitor utility (Applications>Utilities>Activity Monitor.app), make sure ‘All Processes’ is showing in the drop down menu just over on the right of the dialogue box, then scroll down the list and see if any processes called ‘MacKeeper’ (or ‘zeobit’) are still running. Try the same search terms you used in EasyFind in the filter search bar in Activity Monitor window. Older versions of MacKeeper may have a ‘WINE’ process running, so also look for ‘wine’. Anything you find, click on it and hit ‘Quit Process’ (top left).
6. Go to your Applications folder from a Finder window and select MacKeeper (if you have Time Machine, do the TM step now). Then, hold down ‘command’ and press ‘delete’ once. If you assigned MacKeeper to be pinned in the Dock, be sure to also drag the icon off the Dock and release it anywhere over the desktop. It will, satisfyingly, disappear in the ‘poof’ of a cloud.
7. When you’re done filling up your trash can with all this junk, click on the Finder> Secure Empty Trash...
8. Restart your Mac. Everything should be back to normal, but check the Activity Monitor one last time to be sure.
9. After restart, be sure to fix your system permissions. If you encounter any problems that you did not have before, fix the ACLs too.
**If you are running a clone, remember to follow the instructions given above under “Getting ready”.**
10. If you have a problem with MacKeeper pop-ups while using your browser, try clearing out the caches, like this:
In Safari menubar, choose ‘Safari > Reset Safari’. Make sure all the options are checked.
This will not only clear out your caches, but everything else stored by the browser. Don’t worry, it won’t affect your bookmarks, but it will reset your ‘top sites’ and history.
In Firefox menubar, choose ‘Tools > Clear Recent History…’ and choose ‘Everything’. Again, it’ll clear everything out but won’t delete your bookmarks.
Obviously, if you use any other browsers like Opera or something you’ll have to find the same options for those too.
Good luck and goodbye MacKeeper!
NOTES
1. If you have any problems carrying out the steps, try starting your Mac up in Safe mode, and then running the procedure.
2. If you have only downloaded the MacKeeper package but not ran the installer, you only need to send the .pkg file in your Downloads folder to the Trash. That’s it!
Acknowledgements
This post has been refined and improved over time thanks to suggestions and replies made in the Comments. Thanks especially to Al, Lyndon and Jack.