the OS is what's secure not the hardware Invoice software for mac.
Apple periodically releases security patches by themselves or with updates.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac (formerly AdwareMedic) quickly scans your Mac for malware and adware and then lets you remove it with just a few clicks. That link was for the 10.7.5 version. As for not using any A-V on a Mac, depends entirely on the A-V. Perhaps, and only perhaps, not needed on OSs still supported by Apple, 10.9 through 10.11, where vulnerabilities are still being addressed, but on anything below 10.9, might be of some use. But nothing to depend on exclusively.
the fact you are using an older OS lends itself that you are currently not protected as to what Apple feels are the current threats against OS X and have made available to the public with 10.11.6
Mar 22, 2017 You are opening the application “Microsoft AU Daemon” for the first time. Are you sure you want to open this application? I can either cancel, which I did the first 2 times, but it appears some time later, or press OK, but I don't want the app to run in the background, possibly slowing down my computer or worse. Dec 12, 2017 Why is my Office 2016 for Mac suddenly opening with 'Microsoft AU Daemon.app'? MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8). Every time I open any Microsoft product - outlook, word, power point - it comes up all the time. Oct 22, 2017 1:55 AM Reply Helpful. Thread reply. Sep 13, 2019 Microsoft AU Daemon is the Microsoft AutoUpdate program that keeps your installation of Office up to date. It is safe & seen on a Mac as well as PC. Microsoft au daemon for the first time mac demarco. Oct 05, 2017 The Microsoft AU Daemon is a small piece of software that periodically checks Microsoft's servers to see if there are updates to Microsoft Office. Given that Microsoft continues to release security and other patches for Office, it is probably a good idea to leave it running (or at least remember to check manually if you disable it). Dec 28, 2017 If you launch a Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,) on Mac OS X, you may receive a prompt about launching a Microsoft AU Daemon for the first time. You are opening the application “Microsoft AU Daemon” for the first time. Are you sure you want to open this application? The application is in a folder named “MacOS”.
As for the AV on the Mac it's tantamount to useless. Since no mac virus has appeared in the wild at this time no Mac AV has actually been put to any test to see if it would be effective. And if you are using Mac AV as a windows gatekeeper you are expensing your computers power to detect things that Windows AV can distinguish with sophistication that Mac AV could only dream of. Mac AV has had nowhere the amount of time, resource or user base to mature than it's Windows counterparts have enjoyed, but it does not have the necessity that Windows AV has to exist either. The findings on these forms is many Mac AV solutions can cause problems far worse than the purport to fix.
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