I'm being asked for my password when I shouldn't be in Net Prefs

Question

Hello,
I don't understand why System Prefs asks me for my password to relock after I already entered it seconds earlier to unlock.
Network prefs is where this happens, and it occurs about half the time.
I'm hesitant to blindly enter my password whenever I'm prompted when it seems to be out of place like this. I'll enter my password to unlock so that I can make a change. Then when I relock it asks me again. If I do not enter the password, and instead close the password box, the entire Network Prefs window contents disappears leaving a blank box.
System bug, or malware/intrusion?
Thanks.

Answer 1

If the backup you're trying to restore from is encrypted, you will not be able to use that backup if you can't remember the encrypted backup passcode.
If on a Mac, & you elected to save the passcode to your Keychain, you can recover the passcode from your Keychain. Otherwise, your data is unrecoverable.
While you can continue to sync/backup, if you can't remember it & want to remove it, you'll have to delete your existing backups & restore the phone as a new device. Your data will be unrecoverable.
You delete your existing backups here: iTunes>Preferences>Devices.
If you have data on your phone, like messages, you want to save, you're gonna have to use third-party software, like this, to extract them from your phone. Notes, contacts, etc, you can just sync back to your phone after you restore as new.