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I am getting a pop-up message claiming to be from Google and asking for my password.

Is this malware A.

If you get Gmail through the Macs Mail app and the program is having a problem, the Internet Accounts box from the System Preferences often pops up to ask for the password in order to reconnect the Mail program with the Gmail server.

You may also see the Internet Accounts box if you have a Google Play, YouTube or other Google service linked to your Mac.

Click the System Preferences icon in the Macs desktop dock and then click the Internet Accounts icon to go directly to the settings.

Credit. The New York Times Google recently confirmed that a technical issue had caused a number of users to get booted out of their Google accounts.

This would also be a good time to update and change your Google password: After you log into Gmail, go to for the password settings, and to configure two-step verification.) If you have recently changed your Gmail password through a web browser and did not update the Macs Mail program, you may also see alert boxes asking for the password.

If you previously set up application-specific passwords, you may have to update the Mail program with that app password.

Malicious software can be very good at impersonating legitimate messages from the operating system, browser, mail program and other applications and despite some protections, Macs are not invulnerable.

Free utilities like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac or Avast Free Mac Security can scan your system, as can commercial security suites like those from Intego or Norton.

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