) Always keep security 1st and foremost in your mind. then it may be some indication a malicious process is trying to worm into your machine.Ĥ.) Use common-sense and safe behavior choices. and just idly surfing the Internet and some Admin popup happens (and you weren't doing anything).
This protects you because if you're logged into your Standard User account.
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use the "lez_s_admin" Username and Password to authenticate the popup you get. If you're trying to do anything that requires Admin Rights. What we do here at work is to have 2 User accounts: Don't login with an Administrator account. is not being better about keeping their stuff updated.ģ.) As others have said. This is seriously one of the most frequent mistakes I see people make. Don't be "that guy" who never does updates. and then make a schedule or reminder to check them for Updates at least once a week. Sit down and make a mental list of all the features/functionality or Apps that you rely on a regular basis. I'm a bit OCD about it (generally checking on a daily basis - but mostly because I have a wide diversity of Apps installed that I use for testing). Have Backups.Ģ.) Keep all your stuff religiously updated. There's literally no excuse to not use it.
Time Machine is completely free and built into macOS. but having Backups is a good "safety net" just in case anything goes wrong. This isn't so much a Security/Anti-Virus thing. I consider Anti-Virus to be 4th or 5th down the list of "things that protect you"ġ.) Always have Backups. and likely will only be marginally useful. Anti-Virus should never be your "1st line of defense". because I feel like if you're doing all the correct/common sense things you're supposed to be doing.