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Description of the issue: How can this issue be reproduced?
1.I am trying to access passwords on Password Manager.
2.The PIN that I have used for years will not work.
3. I get an error message in a box and I cannot upload the snip but it says…Windows Security, Making sure it’s you, Brave is trying to show passwords. Type your Windows password to allow this. You’ve entered an incorrect PIN too many times. The dictionary attack mitigation is triggered and the provided authorization was ignored by the provider.
Expected result:
Advice on accessing my passwords.
Brave Version( check About Brave):
Brave is up to date
Additional Information:
The Windows Hello screen that appears when I turn on the device will not accept my regularly used PIN either. Nor will it allow me to reset the PIN or request a new one. I must use a password to open the Brave browser instead of the PIN but this password seems unique only to Windows Hello and is not the regular Microsoft password that I can’t access because Password Manager won’t allow me access.
I don’t know the answer but someone may have a better idea if you say exactly which Windows version - 10 Pro or Home, 22H2 for example or 11 as I know there may be differences.
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Try: Start your Windows OS machine, into Safe Mode(?) and run a complete scan.
Using the Windows OS command line (command prompt), the following command
dir /p /o:d
Provides a list of files in chronological order, for your present directory. Very handy for finding recent virus invaders and their associates, that generally appear within a certain time frame (recent).
It is a lot of work, marching through Windows OS machine directories, in particular, the AppData then Local then BraveSoftware directory and its sub-folders:
C:\Users[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\
but that is a handy command for finding some things . . . that ought not be on a PC.
Another tool - Kaspersky Rescue Disk:
Save the Kaspersky Rescue Disk software to a USB memory device or a CD/DVD (to learn how to do this, see support.kaspersky.com/8092).
Boot up your PC – from the storage device that contains Kaspersky Rescue Disk.
Update the antivirus databases.
Run a system scan on your PC and then follow the instructions on your screen.
Learn what you can, online, about where MIcrosoft Windows OS has scheduling features - one or more might be set up to cause the unexpected/undesired activity.