What does "atos needs to ... mean? No bento .

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What does "atos needs to ... mean? No bento .

Hello,

Today a message like this popped out on my Mac's screen "atos needs to take control of another process for debugging to continue. Type your password to allow this." and something about administrator tools but I am not sure. What can it be ? People usually get this problem while using Bento ( I have never used Bento), it happened after quitting BlackBerry Link. Could it cause these massages to appear ?

Thank you !

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 29, 2015 5:00 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 29, 2015 6:05 PM in response to new2apple.

NEVER type your admin name and password to something you don't fully understand.

Cancel it and wait until you understand what you may have been missing, because it is probably a SCAM.

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Linc Davis

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Sep 30, 2015 3:46 PM in response to new2apple.

You're running an obsolete applicaiton that's incompatible with the current version of OS X. Applications that have been reported to cause this alert are "Bento" (discontinued), "Sketchup," "FontExplorer," and "Juniper Network Connect." Refer to the developer for support.

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yourzei

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May 7, 2016 6:56 PM in response to new2apple.

i have none of those and sometimes this message appears to me too. could anyone give an official explanation about what does that action, that pop-up, means? what is atos? why does it requests password? thanks

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