Mark has been a technology writer since 2004 when he wrote a regular eBay column for AuctionBytes (now eCommerceBytes). He was a contributing writer to Lifehacker, Lifewire, PC World, and Android Authority, as well as a managing editor at MakeUseOf.
Your MacBook may occasionally display security alert boxes on its screen, and most of them are usually fairly benign. But one that has the potential to raise your blood pressure is the rather...
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