APRIL 2020 PCWorld 21Microsoft begins blocking
‘unwanted applications’ like
adware, using Edge
The new anti-PUA feature must be manually toggled on, however. BY MARK HACHMANB
eginning with the current version
of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft will
start blocking adware, Bitcoin
miners, and other unwanted apps
that sometimes accompany apps that usersdownload from the web.
Microsoft Edge version 80 contains a new
Settings menu with the option to Block
Potentially Unwanted Apps, which works in
conjunction with Windows’ MicrosoftIMAGE: MICROSOFT