HT1338 Mac Keeper popup window keeps appearing. Malware?

Mac Keeper popup window keeps appearing. Is it malware? No updates available for older computer (2005 Mac desktop)

I have no idea how they can get away with advertising MacKeeper at all.
You really really need to uninstall it if you did install it, but maybe not using their uninstaller.
Klaus1's great post on MacKeeper...
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3027#comment-2156
More...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15732233#15732233
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2779849?start=0&tstart=0
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/

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