Author Topic: being prompted to sign into computer when trying to move infected file  (Read 1598 times)

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hi

i am being prompted to sign into computer when trying to move infected file into the chest...is this normal i am new to using avast?

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thanks for any answers to this, i am afraid that if i sign in i will be effected by this virus

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A screenshot would probably help


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This depends on the file, in MacOS the prompt to sign in is to elevate you to admin rights for that action. So this could be a file that belongs to another user on the Mac or a file in a system location
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