Recognize Entropy wreaking havoc slowly but surely on the core running our universe. As a result of... Prophetic visions from a figurehead? Mutual understand? Sixth sense?
This ability is titled "Awareness", it is an uncanny ability to spot signs of the coming of Apophis, as well as a sixth sense for manipulating the workings of the computer. The current proposed source of Awareness is essentially an accident which occurs within people who already had spiritual potential, a divide by zero of sorts where the computer assigns a maximum value for spiritual processing rather than a proportional value.
Every human being takes a small amount of "processing power" to run. By joining enough of this processing power, an antivirus can be made to deter or even destroy Apophis before it destroys our universe. Some people are, for one reason or another, gifted with higher levels of processing. These people are especially valuable to seek out for initiation. Post-Death Web: Utilizing a loophole with the programming of conscience in the universe, initiates who have died are added to a post-death processing web to build upon the antivirus. In this state, more processing power can be devoted to creating the antivirus, as physical processes no longer have to be emulated. Consciousness of "dead" people can be linked to the living after their death, which prevents the computer from recycling their processing power into new life, instead allowing it to remain.
Apophis is simply a title used to identify a virus created by X other competing different reality nation/corporation, the virus will destroy the computer we exist on. Apophis is sophisticated and for the most part has evaded detection by the computer's built in firewall.
Apophis has already destroyed other universes, ours is just the next in its path. Apophis as an entity is the equivalent of the cognitohazard "Roko's Basilisk". By hearing about it, it becomes a part of your programming, and your sensitivity to the negative influence of Entropy increases.