"Enter Password Box"

Question

Whenever I log into my computer/Windows10 I am always greeted with this suspicious "Enter Password" box. I have entered bogus passwords, nothing at all, and even my actual password before and all seem acceptable to this "box", as it goes away without returning until my next login. I'm not sure where this box is coming from or if it is potentially threatening to my computer. Looking to see if anyone has had this same issue or knows where this box is coming from.  Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

Download and Install Autoruns:

https://filehippo.com/download_autoruns/

Post back the Image of Logon tab-This shows up what processes are triggering.

Answer 2

That is suspicious.

Press Windows key + X

Click Task Manager

Click Startup tab

Look through the list, do you see any suspicious programs in the list?

If so, select it then click Disable.

Also, press Windows key + R

Type: appwiz.cpl

Hit Enter

Look through the list to see if any recently installed programs that might related to that window.

Next scan and clean your computer of any potential malicious code:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/clean-virus-in...

Answer 3

Hi KitKat9125, I am Rob, an independent and a 10 time and dual award MVP specializing in Windows troubleshooting and Bluescreen analysis. Please remember as independents we are not responsible for the development of Windows or the computer hardware and drivers.

Are you accessing anything across a network in your setup?

Try the Clean Boot method to see if a startup program is involved - if so it is a process of elimination :

Right Click the start button - Command Prompt (Admin) OR Windows PowerShell (Admin) - at the prompt type in

MSCONFIG

and hit enter

OR to quickly check startup programs.

Right Click Taskbar - Task Manager - Startup tab

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

Other programs to help :

Autoruns - Free - See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...

Process Explorer - Free - Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...

Process Monitor - Free - an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/d...

Please let us know the results and if you need further assistance.