'mackeeper' and 'clean my mac' are hoaxes,

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I understand 'clean your mac' is a hoax and so seems 'Mackeeper' for which I paid, becase - if I remember correctly - it was recommended in this forum.
Are all such programs unnecessary and/or hoaxes?

If not: which are neither?
 

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While Mackeeper ads show up on these forums (we don't control those), the general consensus on the forum is that Mackeeper and Clean Your Mac at best do nothing more than take your money..

The proliferation of malware in Windows has brought on a mindset of needing protection without wondering if you ACTUALLY need it..these programs prey on that mindset attempting to fix something that in most cases isn't even broken..
 

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The only "cleaning" app you need is Onyx, or if you're weird like me, Applejack.
This is not windows. There is no registry. There is no need to defrag in most cases (there are exceptions).
 

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Please stay tuned for a Blog post regarding MacKeeper. We have downloaded a trial copy of it (fully functional) and put it through various tests. The Blog will be posted sometime in the future when our writer gets some free time.
 

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