'Please press allow to continue' Pop-Ups

The 'Please press allow to continue' pop-ups are legitimate messages that modern Web browsers like Google Chrome can display. However, it is a well-known fact that con artists often exploit legitimate features for their personal gain – this also has been the case with the 'Please press allow to continue' pop-ups. Often, news websites may use these notifications to supply their visitors with the latest updates and news while they are browsing other pages. However, dodgy websites also can make use of the 'Please press allow to continue' pop-ups to provide their visitors with marketing content that they are unlikely to want to see. Often, users might be referred to bogus pages that host content like this via advertisements spawned by torrent trackers, adult video sites or similar websites.

While clicking 'Allow' on the 'Please press allow to continue' pop-ups prompt is not harmful, many of these websites may use these permissions to spam you with a non-stop flow of links to blogs, subscription services, software advertisements, etc. The advertisements also may contain disturbing and adult content so that it is strongly recommended to be very careful about the pages you allow to display notifications.

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Overall, remember that the 'Please press allow to continue' pop-ups spawned by your favorite news site are likely to be legitimate and trustworthy. However, if you see this message on an unknown website that you never intended to visit, we assure you that clicking 'Deny' is the correct choice. Some of the bogus pages that ask for notification permissions also may use social engineering tricks to get you to agree – for example; they may state that you must click 'Allow' to view embedded media content.

If you have allowed an untrustworthy website to display notifications in your Web browser, then we suggest you resolve the issue by navigating to your browser's privacy settings, and revoking the bogus page's permissions.