> Starting yesterday, Gmail in Chrome is displaying a popup saying
> "Authentication Required" and requesting a username/password.  This
> behavior is unique to Chrome - doesn't happen in Firefox or IE.  It's
> also apparently unique to my home laptop.  It's not happening on my
> work computer.  I've been using Gmail in Chrome since the first day it
> was available without issue until now.

> The behavior began after many hours of having Gmail running - all of a
> sudden I start getting this popup.  I am reluctant to actually supply
> a username/password, thinking this might be a phish.  The popup
> doesn't interfere with being able to use Gmail - it just won't go
> away.  It's really obnoxious.

> 1) is this popup being generated by Gmail/Chrome or is it malware?
> 2) is there a fix or workaround?

> Try signing out and then back in again using the main browser window,
> not the pop-up.

> On Dec 2, 4:30 pm, Bobby M wrote:

> > Starting yesterday, Gmail in Chrome is displaying a popup saying
> > "Authentication Required" and requesting a username/password.  This
> > behavior is unique to Chrome - doesn't happen in Firefox or IE.  It's
> > also apparently unique to my home laptop.  It's not happening on my
> > work computer.  I've been using Gmail in Chrome since the first day it
> > was available without issue until now.

> > The behavior began after many hours of having Gmail running - all of a
> > sudden I start getting this popup.  I am reluctant to actually supply
> > a username/password, thinking this might be a phish.  The popup
> > doesn't interfere with being able to use Gmail - it just won't go
> > away.  It's really obnoxious.

> > 1) is this popup being generated by Gmail/Chrome or is it malware?
> > 2) is there a fix or workaround?

> Actually it appears to be the Calendar gadget causing the problem.  I
> disabled that and the problem went away.

> On Dec 2, 4:39 am, KeithWR wrote:

> > Try signing out and then back in again using the main browser window,
> > not the pop-up.

> > On Dec 2, 4:30 pm, Bobby M wrote:

> > > Starting yesterday, Gmail in Chrome is displaying a popup saying
> > > "Authentication Required" and requesting a username/password.  This
> > > behavior is unique to Chrome - doesn't happen in Firefox or IE.  It's
> > > also apparently unique to my home laptop.  It's not happening on my
> > > work computer.  I've been using Gmail in Chrome since the first day it
> > > was available without issue until now.

> > > The behavior began after many hours of having Gmail running - all of a
> > > sudden I start getting this popup.  I am reluctant to actually supply
> > > a username/password, thinking this might be a phish.  The popup
> > > doesn't interfere with being able to use Gmail - it just won't go
> > > away.  It's really obnoxious.

> > > 1) is this popup being generated by Gmail/Chrome or is it malware?
> > > 2) is there a fix or workaround?