Master password prompts out of nowhere
Twice now I have had a master password prompt come up suddenly for an unknown reason. I did not enter my password as I did not trust it. Is there a way to detect why this is happening?
The first time it happened after I had been reading a page for about 10 minutes. I had two other tabs open for the same site and no other non-suspended tabs. I did not have an account on that site.
The second time happened while watching a video on a different site, about 40 minutes in. No other tabs were active. I did have an account for that site, but I was already logged in via cookies.
In both cases I was just reading/watching; there seems to be no user action that triggered it. This makes me think it is not caused by a login request for a site, but by a (malicious) extension or some background process in Firefox.
I do not use Firefox Sync, nor am I signed into a Firefox account.
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Are you using the Master Password option? That may be the problem.
If not, You may have ad/mal-ware. Further information can be found in this article; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no
Run most or all of the listed free to use malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.
FredMcD said
Are you using the Master Password option? That may be the problem.
Yes, I am using a master password. I would just like to know why I am being asked to enter it.
I called for more help.
What were you doing when the password is asked for?
Nothing at all. Just reading/watching with my hands away from keyboard and mouse.
Try the Firefox version from the official Mozilla server if you currently use a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution.