Ads in Windows 10

DustinB3403

it's also likely that my users will want notifications from places like Gmail - but not other websites.
So I have to tell them how to reset the notifications, in say Chrome, then tell them to be more selective about what they allow notifications from.

That'll be difficult as most people just click. "okay" to get the content they want visible without reading.

What I'm saying is you're going to be dealing with this forever.

travisdh1

Yeah, I've seen a LOT of malicious Chrome extensions recently. It's a plague.

PhlipElder

@Dashrender I get pop-ups from sites, Firefox here, asking to push live updates. I've absentmindedly clicked YES and then those kinds of things started happening.

Now, it's been quite awhile so I don't remember how to turn that off. :S

Dashrender

This page shows how to remove notifications you've allowed

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-turn-off-google-chrome-desktop-notifications/

davide.bonavita

They're chrome notifications

Curtis

@Dashrender said in Ads in Windows 10:

This page shows how to remove notifications you've allowed

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-turn-off-google-chrome-desktop-notifications/

Just disable them via GPO

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/187202?hl=en

Curtis

or disable them all together

https://www.howtogeek.com/244539/how-to-disable-the-action-center-in-windows-10/

Dashrender

I'm not ready to go all postal on notifications. Some of them are kinda nice. i.e. if you use gmail - getting notices that a new email arrived is nice.

Curtis

@Dashrender We are having this issue now too. What did you decide to do?

DustinB3403

@Curtis said in Ads in Windows 10:

@Dashrender We are having this issue now too. What did you decide to do?

I believe he disabled just the individual source of the notifications. In this case the Chrome notifications from the shady websites.

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Ads in Windows 10:

@Curtis said in Ads in Windows 10:

@Dashrender We are having this issue now too. What did you decide to do?

I believe he disabled just the individual source of the notifications. In this case the Chrome notifications from the shady websites.

Yep, that's what I did - disabled the specific website that the user had allowed to notify.