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Helper Tool
« on: September 23, 2016, 05:48:30 PM »
Hi,

Avast has identified two infections on my computer and I have them isolated in the virus chest. When trying to delete them I get a prompt stating that Avast needs to install a helper tool and I'm asked to enter my Mac password. I just want to confirm that this is normal for Avast to be requesting this.



Thanks,
Chris
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Offline Secondmineboy

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Re: Helper Tool
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2016, 03:03:39 PM »
This is normal for Avast, when i tried to enable and disable shields in a OSX VM it requested a password too for a helper tool being installed.
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Re: Helper Tool
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2016, 11:21:47 AM »
Yes, this is the standard permissions elevation dialogue in Avast. I admit, that the text is a little bit confusing, but there is not much we can do about it as the text is defined by the OS.

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Re: Helper Tool
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2016, 04:32:02 PM »
Thank you both!