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Macos upgrade asking for password to install helper

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Upgrading from 67 to 68 asks for admin password to install a helper. Only extension is symantec installed by my org. This seems questionable, please advise.

Upgrading from 67 to 68 asks for admin password to install a helper. Only extension is symantec installed by my org. This seems questionable, please advise.

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. Whenever you get a message / popup that software / files need to be updated;

DO NOT USE ANY OF THE PROVIDED LINKS

While this may be a legitimate message, it could also be Malware or a Virus. Anytime you want or need to check for upgrades, go to the website of the True Owner of the program in question. For example, to check out Firefox, go to https://www.mozilla.org {web link}

You can report such a site at; Google Report Phishing Page {web link} which is the same when done while on site by going to Help > Report Web Forgery

Help us safeguard Mozilla’s trademarks by reporting misuse {web link}

For over a year, an epidemic of Fake Update Notices have been popping up all over the place. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/forum-response-i-found-fake-firefox-update