Recently I started having an issue every time I would boot my pc. I would get a message popup that reads:
An application is requesting access to a protected item
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Then the options (okay) (cancel) (details)
Clicking the details button gives me the following:
Protected storage helps safeguard data you want to keep private. These details show which program is attempting to access your protected data.
Program: C:\WINDOWS\system32\system\svchost.exe
Description: Ā
Access type: accessing a protected item
If I select cancel on the former dialog, it continues to this:
An application is requesting access to a protected item
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Then the options (okay) (cancel) (details)
Hitting cancel makes it go away until the next startup. I'm worried that since it has to do with protected items, it might be a virus, but both of my scans with McAfee and the windows malicious program remover tool turned up nothing. I ran the svchost program through VirusTotal however, and had 32 of the 43 detect signs of infection.
I would really just like this popup to go away. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
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