Disabling notifications in Web browsers

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There is a nasty trend going around that I have experienced from different computer users that they have visited a website and start getting popups warning that their antivirus is out of date or their computer is infected with loads of viruses and it turn out to be a clever scam. So I have compiled a few registry changes that fix this problem.

What are Browser Notifications?

Browser notifications were originally designed to alert you whenever a website changed. It could be used by a site to push you the fact you have a new email. However, it is being abused to scam users into purchasing products they don’t need and to steal money from people.

Microsoft Edge

Using PowerShell (right click and run as Administrator):

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v DefaultNotificationsSetting /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

Google Chrome

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v DefaultNotificationsSetting /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

Suppress browser warning

When Windows 10 comes to the end of its supported life, Microsoft Edge will throw up a browser warning every time you open the browser. This registry entry prevents this warning from being shown:

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

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