However, there are tons of negative reviews of this application online and most of them are regarding the way this application is distributed.

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For those reasons, we categorise Advanced Mac Cleaner as a PUP (potentially unwanted program).

The question (and it wasnt the only such question) attained a lot of attention and answers most of them were correct.

It is a PU that gets installed alongside various malware or fake and intrusive pop-up ads.

Some of the problems that Advanced Mac Cleaner detects may be real, but others are misleading (harmless files being shown as issues) and even false.

We have encountered such an attempt to sell this software ourselves, and it wasnt pleasant.

Lets say you click on some result in Google results page that looks totally legitimate.

Instead of that website, you are taken to a full-window notification, that says your Mac is facing some serious problems that have to be solved right now.

It also displays some of your personal information IP address, internet connection provider, and even your location, which is not really an appropriate thing to do.

In case you fall for this trick and follow the steps displayed on the screen, your computer will be scanned right on that website.

Other fake threat detection alerts include Advancemactools.live, Errx049.icu, (4) viruses, and others.

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Such online alerts are used to trick people to download and install software that they dont need, usually rogue applications and potentially unwanted programs like Advanced Mac Cleaner.

You can also bump into advertisement that says you have visited a porn site and your Mac needs to be fixed, as it can be seen in the image below.

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