Keep getting a pop up for download mac sercurity, what do i do?

Need some help

Usually a pop-up in a browser can be ignored.
Can you be more specific about the source of this?
I'd suspect the source as not genuine; however you
can go to Apple software update in your computer
to see about any update or upgrade from Apple.
Good luck & happy computing!

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