Pop ups-"com.microsoft.autoup-date.helper"

Question

"com.microsoft.autoup-date.helper" would like access data from other apps.

Don't Allow/Allow

Is this something I can trust? Can someone explain this pop up to me?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Karen,

Try removing Microsoft Autoupdate which should solve the issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1m19bh8/microsoft_autoupdate_remover_macos_a_simple/

How do you use it?

1. Download the remove_ms_update.sh script (use the “Download raw” button).

Open your Downloads folder.

Run the script in Terminal:sudo sh remove_ms_update.sh

I’m eager to hear back and work together to find a solution.

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