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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 880815" data-attributes="member: 74969">Here&#039;s some more welcome news, I actually dislike these quasi-&quot;legit&quot; popups:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-edge-is-getting-a-new-feature-to-reduce-web-spam/[/URL]Excerpt:[spoiler]Microsoft Edge is now giving users the ability to hide those pesky browser notification dialog boxes that are commonly used by web sites to push their content, or even spam, on visitors.For those not familiar with the term &quot;browser notifications&quot;, they are a feature that allows web sites to ask visitors if they would like to sign up to receive notifications of new content. The web sites can then push content to subscribers via the browser, even when a visitor is not on the website or when the browser is not being used.While notification subscription dialogs are annoying from legitimate sites, they are even more annoying from the multitude of scam sites that abuse them.Lately, a common tactic by scam sites is to show browser notifications dialog boxes and state that you need to &quot;Allow&quot; the notifications before you can play a video, download a file, or visit a site.<img src="https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/security/b/browser-notification-spam/subscription-site-2.jpg" alt="Browser notification spam site" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Browser notification spam site[/spoiler]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 880815, member: 74969"] Here's some more welcome news, I actually dislike these quasi-"legit" popups: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-edge-is-getting-a-new-feature-to-reduce-web-spam/[/URL] Excerpt: [spoiler]Microsoft Edge is now giving users the ability to hide those pesky browser notification dialog boxes that are commonly used by web sites to push their content, or even spam, on visitors. For those not familiar with the term "browser notifications", they are a feature that allows web sites to ask visitors if they would like to sign up to receive notifications of new content. The web sites can then push content to subscribers via the browser, even when a visitor is not on the website or when the browser is not being used. While notification subscription dialogs are annoying from legitimate sites, they are even more annoying from the multitude of scam sites that abuse them. Lately, a common tactic by scam sites is to show browser notifications dialog boxes and state that you need to "Allow" the notifications before you can play a video, download a file, or visit a site. [IMG alt="Browser notification spam site"]https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/security/b/browser-notification-spam/subscription-site-2.jpg[/IMG][B]Browser notification spam site[/B][/spoiler] [/QUOTE]

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