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Clicking a pop-up can begin the silent downloading process. That’s true

even if the pop-up seems to serve a legitimate purpose—asking you to
participate in a survey, for example.

Edge, fortunately, has a pop-up blocker. It comes automatically turned on;
you don’t have to do anything. You’ll be browsing along, and then one day

you’ll see the “Pop-up blocked” message at the bottom of your window
(Figure 11-4).

Note that Edge blocks only pop-ups that are spawned automatically, not

those that appear when you click something (like a seating diagram on a
concert-tickets site). And it doesn’t block pop-ups from your local network.

Figure 11-4. Edge has spared you from the spawn: a pop-up window you haven’t asked for.

Overriding the pop-up blocker

Sometimes, though, you want to see the pop-up. Some sites, for example,
use pop-up windows as a way to deliver legitimate information. In those
situations, click one of the two buttons:

Allow once lets this website’s pop-ups through just for this

browsing session. Next time, pop-ups will be blocked again.

Always allow does what it says; pop-ups from this site will always
appear.

Turning off the pop-up blocker

Many internauts are partial to other companies’ pop-up blockers, like
Adblock Plus or Pop Up Blocker. In that case, you’ll want to turn off Edge’s

version.