Q. I keep getting “Please press allow to continue” pop ups in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. I uninstalled all of the programs that I’d downloaded, but the pop-ups keep appearing; it must be adware, how do i remove it? How do i stop these pop ups from appearing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
“Please press allow to continue” POP-UP
Text presented in “Please press allow to continue” POP-UP:
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A. It seems that your web browser is hijacked by adware that is causing this problem. I would recommend you to check installed browser extensions, reset browser settings and scan your computer for malicious software.
What does Adware do?
Adware is something which created in order to provide third-party ads to the user without asking his permission. Adware takes control of all installed web browsers and redirects them to unwanted web sites every time you surf the Internet. Adware can end up on your personal computer in various methods. In most cases is when you download free programs and forget to uncheck the box for the optional software installation.
Other signs of the presence of adware include:
- you experience lots of of unwanted popup ads
- every time you perform an Internet search, your web browser is redirected to another web site
- there is an unexpected application in the ‘Uninstall a program’ section of your Control Panel
- you are unable to update your security applications
The worst is, adware has the ability to gather a wide variety of your personal info to get profit. Adware can analyze your browsing, and gain access to your sensitive info and, afterwards, can transfer it third party companies. Thus, there are more than enough reasons to get rid of adware software from your system.
In this post we will discuss how can you uninstall adware and remove “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups from the Chrome, IE, Microsoft Edge and Firefox manually or with free adware removal tools compatible with Microsoft Windows 10 (8, 7 and XP).
How to Remove “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups, ads, notifications
Without a doubt, the adware is harmful to your computer. So you need to quickly and completely remove this adware that causes multiple intrusive pop ups. To delete this adware software, you can use the manual removal tutorial which are given below or free malware removal utility such as Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM), MalwareBytes AntiMalware or Hitman Pro (all are free). We suggest you use automatic removal way that will allow you to delete “Please press allow to continue” pop ups easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you’re well versed in machine or in the case where adware is not uninstalled automatically. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your web browser or restart your computer.
To remove “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups, perform the following steps:
- How to manually get rid of “Please press allow to continue”
- Run free malware removal utilities to completely get rid of “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups
- Use AdBlocker to stop “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups and stay safe online
- How does your personal computer get infected with adware
- To sum up
How to manually get rid of “Please press allow to continue”
Most common adware software may be uninstalled without any antivirus software. The manual adware removal is steps that will teach you how to delete the “Please press allow to continue” pop ups.
Delete recently installed potentially unwanted programs
First, you should try to identify and delete the program that causes the appearance of intrusive ads or browser redirect, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.
Press Windows button 
, then press Search 
. Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then press “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will show the Windows Control Panel as displayed in the following example.
Further, click “Uninstall a program” 
It will open a list of all applications installed on your PC. Scroll through the all list, and delete any questionable and unknown apps.
Remove “Please press allow to continue” pop ups from Mozilla Firefox
The Firefox reset will get rid of redirects to undesired “Please press allow to continue” web site, modified preferences, extensions and security settings. However, your themes, bookmarks, history, passwords, and web form auto-fill information will not be deleted.
First, open the Mozilla Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button (
).
In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed in the following example.
Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.
Remove “Please press allow to continue” pop-up from Chrome
Reset Chrome will assist you to remove “Please press allow to continue” popup from your internet browser as well as to restore web browser settings infected by adware. All unwanted, harmful and ‘ad-supported’ addons will also be removed from the internet browser. However, your saved passwords and bookmarks will not be changed, deleted or cleared.
Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal dotes (
). It will show the drop-down menu. Choose More Tools, then press Extensions.
Carefully browse through the list of installed add-ons. If the list has the addon labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy otherwise, just go to the step below.
Open the Chrome main menu again, click to “Settings” option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown on the image below and press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.
Get rid of “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups from Internet Explorer
In order to recover all internet browser default search engine, homepage and new tab you need to reset the IE to the state, that was when the MS Windows was installed on your system.
First, open the IE. Next, click the button in the form of gear (
). It will show the Tools drop-down menu, press the “Internet Options” as shown on the image below.
In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then press the Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown in the following example. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.
You will now need to reboot your PC for the changes to take effect.
Run free malware removal utilities to completely get rid of “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups
In order to completely get rid of “Please press allow to continue”, you not only need to remove adware from your machine, but also delete all its components in your PC including Windows registry entries. We suggest to download and run free removal tools to automatically clean your computer of adware software which causes undesired “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups.
Remove “Please press allow to continue” popups with Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM)
Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) is free full featured malware removal utility. It can scan your files and Windows registry in real-time. Zemana can help to get rid of “Please press allow to continue” popups, other PUPs, malicious software and adware software. It uses 1% of your PC resources. This tool has got simple and beautiful interface and at the same time best possible protection for your computer.
- Zemana AntiMalware can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your Desktop.
Zemana AntiMalware
164034 downloads
Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019
- After the downloading process is done, close all software and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup.
- Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
- Once installation is complete, click the “Scan” button . Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) program will scan through the whole system for the adware software that cause undesired “Please press allow to continue” popup. This procedure can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the tool is scanning, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.
- When the scanning is complete, you will be shown the list of all found items on your computer. Review the report and then click “Next”. After finished, you can be prompted to restart your personal computer.
Scan and clean your PC of adware with HitmanPro
Hitman Pro is a completely free (30 day trial) utility. You don’t need expensive solutions to remove adware that causes “Please press allow to continue” pop-up and other misleading software. HitmanPro will uninstall all the undesired programs such as adware and hijackers for free.
Visit the following page to download HitmanPro. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
After the download is done, open the file location. You will see an icon like below.
Double click the Hitman Pro desktop icon. When the tool is opened, you will see a screen like below.
Further, press “Next” button . Hitman Pro application will scan through the whole system for the adware that causes multiple annoying pop ups. This task can take some time, so please be patient. When finished, a list of all threats detected is created as shown on the screen below.
You may remove items (move to Quarantine) by simply click “Next” button. It will open a prompt, click the “Activate free license” button.
How to get rid of “Please press allow to continue” with MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM)
We suggest using the MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) which are completely clean your PC of the adware software. The free utility is an advanced malware removal program created by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti malware technology. It’s able to help you remove annoying “Please press allow to continue” pop ups from your internet browsers, PUPs, malicious software, hijackers, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your PC system for free.
- Please go to the link below to download the latest version of MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) for MS Windows. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop or in any other place.
Malwarebytes Anti-malware
326387 downloads
Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020
- Once the downloading process is complete, close all apps and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
- Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
- Once install is done, click the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes AntiMalware utility will start scanning the whole system to find out adware that causes “Please press allow to continue” popups. Depending on your personal computer, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are detected, the count of the security threats will change accordingly.
- Once the scan get completed, the results are displayed in the scan report. Review the scan results and then press “Quarantine Selected”. When the task is complete, you can be prompted to restart your system.
The following video offers a step-by-step guide on how to delete browser hijackers, adware software and other malicious software with MalwareBytes Free.
Use AdBlocker to stop “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups and stay safe online
If you surf the Internet, you can’t avoid malvertising. But you can protect your internet browser against it. Download and use an adblocker program. AdGuard is an adblocker which can filter out a large amount of of the malvertising, stoping dynamic scripts from loading harmful content.
Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard on your Windows Desktop by clicking on the link below.
26627 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
When the downloading process is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown in the following example.
Follow the prompts. When the setup is finished, you will see a window as displayed in the figure below.
You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop undesired ads, block “Please press allow to continue”, as well as other malicious or misleading webpages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your desktop.
How does your personal computer get infected with adware
These days some free software authors bundle third-party apps that could be potentially unwanted applications like this adware, with a view to making some money. These are not free applications as install an unwanted apps on to your MS Windows machine. So whenever you install a new free application that downloaded from the Net, be very careful during install. Carefully read the EULA (a text with I ACCEPT/I DECLINE button), select custom or manual installation type, reject all bundled software.
To sum up
Now your system should be free of the adware software that causes multiple annoying pop ups. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-up and undesired harmful websites) and Zemana (to periodically scan your machine for new adware softwares and other malicious software). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.
If you are still having problems while trying to remove “Please press allow to continue” pop-ups from the Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, then ask for help here here.
