
JSTOR ( December 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Please improve this section by adding secondary or tertiary sources. This section relies excessively on references to primary sources. PCKeeper Live is sometimes installed on users' PCs with other partner programs, which can cause unwanted pop-up windows. The complaint claims that "under MacKeeper's reporting algorithm, even brand new computers are in 'critical' condition and require repair by purchasing the full version." Instead, ZeoBIT intentionally designed MacKeeper to invariably and ominously report that the consumer's Mac needs repair and is at-risk due to harmful errors, privacy threats, and other problems, regardless of the computer's actual condition." The second complaint, filed by Holly Yencha of Pennsylvania, alleges that the free starter version of MacKeeper identifies harmless programs as "critical" problems. The first lawsuit, filed in Illinois, alleges that "Contrary to ZeoBIT's marketing and in-software representations, however, neither the free trial nor the full registered versions of MacKeeper perform any credible diagnostic testing of a user's Mac. Two class action lawsuits have been filed against Kromtech for the Mac OS version of PCKeeper, MacKeeper. The principal officers and developers of the company remain in Ukraine. Kromtech Alliance has made the decision to focus on the products for Mac users only. In 2015, PCKeeper has changed its legal owners from Kromtech Alliance Corp. Kromtech Alliance acquired PCKeeper and MacKeeper from Zeobit in May 2013.

PCKeeper was originally developed by Zeobit LLC which was founded in 2009 by Slava Kolomiychuk. It includes 2 separate products for Windows: PCKeeper Live and PCKeeper Antivirus.

PCKeeper is advertised as an optimization services package featuring a set of software utilities for Windows OS owned by Essentware S.A. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
