Installing Virtualbox "Your System Has Uefi Secure Boot Enabled." Message

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I'm Trying to Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 18.04 in a Dual-Boot System with Windows 10 on the Other Drive Partition, My System Uses a Uefi Partition to Boot...

Installing Virtualbox "Your System Has Uefi Secure Boot Enabled." Message

I'm trying to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04 in a dual-boot system with Windows 10 on the other drive partition, my system uses a UEFI partition to boot up.

Upon installation the following message appears, but I can't either accept or create the password that is asking me for.

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This is because you have the Enable EFI option enabled in the settings for that virtual machine:

You can either change the setting in VirtualBox or you an use the right arrow and enter to select "OK"

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