Quote - For instance, right now, as I was reading this thread, this box popped
up all on its own, asking me if I want a software update that improves
the security of the software update process. 

This is probably genuine, but it looks and feels like spam, if only because
it's exactly the sort of thing that John Cleese and Eric Idle, the founders
of the spam metaphor, might have written!

This is legit.  You have iTunes/QuickTime installed - this is the software that Apple wants to update.  Google: Windows "Apple Software Update"

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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