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Spacecathyperin

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I have been getting some spam console messages after i uninstalled MacKeeper, I followed this guide http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/comment-page-2/

Here are the messages
Code:
Jan  3 11:44:27 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:44:37 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23345]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:44:37 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23345]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jan  3 11:44:37 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:44:47 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23374]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:44:47 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23374]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jan  3 11:44:47 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:44:57 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23405]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:44:57 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23405]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jan  3 11:44:57 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:45:07 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23434]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:45:07 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23434]): Exited with exit code: 1

My system specs are
iMac7,1
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
6 GB RAM
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
 
I have been getting some spam console messages after i uninstalled MacKeeper, I followed this guide http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/comment-page-2/

Here are the messages
Code:
Jan  3 11:44:27 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:44:37 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23345]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:44:37 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23345]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jan  3 11:44:37 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:44:47 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23374]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:44:47 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23374]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jan  3 11:44:47 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:44:57 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23405]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:44:57 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23405]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jan  3 11:44:57 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jan  3 11:45:07 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23434]): posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/AntiVirus", ...): No such file or directory
Jan  3 11:45:07 MineTurtle com.apple.launchd[1] (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus[23434]): Exited with exit code: 1

My system specs are
iMac7,1
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
6 GB RAM
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Look in ~/Library/LaunchAgents (where ~ denotes your home folder), in /Library/LaunchAgents and in /Library/LaunchDaemons for a .plist file related to MacKeeper. Then trash that .plist file.
 
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