Computer Asks For Password When None Was Set !

I have just helped my neighbour download MacJanitor.
We opened it and it asked as usual for the password. As he has never (knowingly) made up a password we left the box blank and clicked "Continue" only to be confronted with a message telling us the wrong password had been entered. (A couple of years ago when I didn't have a password, leaving a request box empty always worked for me).
He said something about this type of thing having occurred before!
Any idea what is going on and what he can do about it?
His equipment specs - G5 17" iMac, OSX 10.4.0 , Superdrive - everything bog-standard.
Ian.

Getting rid of MacJanitor wouldn't solve the problem. Any software that is installed to run maintenance scripts will require authentication for the installation. If it doesn't then I wouldn't install it.
I can recommend some better alternatives to MacJanitor:
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