Once every hour or two a diag box pops up and then quickly disappears. It happens so fast I cannot do anything with it or even read what it says.
It appears to be the box that tells you that you need to authenticate to perform a certain action (has a yellow exclamation triangle). It's not the box that prompts for an Admin username/password. It gives you two options: "authenticate" & "cancel." On this particular mac I use a standard login/user & have a separate login dedicated to being the Administrator. When I do need to authenticate something I type in the Admin name & password. I'm not sure if the Admin/Username us submitted automatically after the first disappears. I have not seen the Authenticate box (that prompts for a password) appear afterwards.
Any idea what could be causing this? It's very annoying & I'm worried it could be some form of malware
I download a lot of Apps & stuff but am very cautious about what I install or allow to authenticate. I stay away from torrents (with an exception or two).
I'd like to figure out & fix what's causing this ASAP. It takes me out of fullscreen Netflix & is just so annoying.
any ideas?
It appears to be the box that tells you that you need to authenticate to perform a certain action (has a yellow exclamation triangle). It's not the box that prompts for an Admin username/password. It gives you two options: "authenticate" & "cancel." On this particular mac I use a standard login/user & have a separate login dedicated to being the Administrator. When I do need to authenticate something I type in the Admin name & password. I'm not sure if the Admin/Username us submitted automatically after the first disappears. I have not seen the Authenticate box (that prompts for a password) appear afterwards.
Any idea what could be causing this? It's very annoying & I'm worried it could be some form of malware
I download a lot of Apps & stuff but am very cautious about what I install or allow to authenticate. I stay away from torrents (with an exception or two).
I'd like to figure out & fix what's causing this ASAP. It takes me out of fullscreen Netflix & is just so annoying.
any ideas?
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