Icon issues

So, I just noticed this red Windows security alert icon popped up in my bottom right corner—kindness of nothing, I guess! I managed to clear that one away, but then this yellow icon showed up immediately after... so now I'm stuck wondering what to do about these little notifications. I've got AVG, Malwarebytes, and some Spyware Blaster thing installed—my tech guy set all of that up for me when he was working on my PC—so I'm not entirely sure if they're fighting each other or something. Any advice?

So, what does it actually say under that yellow icon?

Larry Ortiz5 said:So, what does it actually say next to that yellow icon?

It says "updates are ready for your computer. click here to install these updates." — well, that's what I'm seeing anyway. Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it.

Well then, just click and run those updates. It’s a standard Windows update—it has absolutely nothing to do with your antivirus software.

Benjamin King2 said:Well, you should probably just click through and install those updates. It's just a standard Windows update—it doesn't really have anything to do with your antivirus software, I guess.

I did that, and I even restarted everything, but that yellow icon just popped right back up again... honestly, I'm just losing my mind here.

If you're running Windows updates for the very first time, there’s usually a massive backlog waiting for you—so just let it run its course. It might take an hour or two to wrap everything up. Once you finally have a moment to get through all those pending updates and everything is fully installed, that yellow icon should disappear on its own.

Larry Ortiz5 said:Well, if this is your very first time running updates on macOS, there’s usually a massive pile of them waiting—so I’d say just let it run its course. It might take an hour or two, maybe more, depending on things. Once everything is finally installed and caught up, that little yellow icon should hopefully disappear on its own.

So, when I ran the updates for the first time, it showed 1 out of 42... which I guess isn't too bad? It finished, and then a window popped up at the bottom asking if I wanted to "restart now" or "restart later." I went ahead and restarted, but for some reason, that icon just came right back. So, I tried running the updates again—this time it only took a few minutes—and after another restart, the icon is finally gone! I really have to thank you all for being such patient teachers. Best wishes.