Legitimate software doesn't require you to turn off your antivirus or security features to install it. When something demands you lower your defenses, that demand is itself the red flag.
“If it needs your shields down to install, leave them up.”
Don't Disable Security to Install Something
The takeaway
If a program needs your protections off, that's the warning.
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