I find it extremely annoying to see Amazon's "Amazon Assistant" banner when I visit the site. I love the service, I just tire of clicking "No, Thanks" every time I visit the site. I've searched for solutions online but haven't found anything useful.
Is it even possible to prevent Chrome extension popups from happening?
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If you are sure that you haven't installed it yourself, then it looks like a "Bundled" or "Drive By" installation, attached to a 3rd party toolbar, browser or application that includes Amazon Assistant.
You should look at what other extensions/toolbars/applications you have recently installed.
In addition, check whether you have been infected by adware, spyware, etc.
The Amazon Assistant requires an Amazon account and an Internet connection, and is offered in a variety of forms on a variety of platforms, including as an extension for your web browser and a plug-in that may be included in or added to third party toolbars, browsers and other third party software applications.
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After looking at @DavidPostill's comment, I refreshed several browsers and found that this is an Opera-exclusive issue. Even Opera Developer, which has no plugins on my system, displays the same thing. Unfortunate and annoying.
Thanks for helping me track down the culprit!
Try the following:
- Go to chrome://extensions in your browser bar.
- Uninstall any applications you either don't need and uninstall the Amazon extension.
- Quit Chrome, and start it again
I've researched this and have found no answer to getting stop Opera asking if I want the Amazon Assistant Extension. But I have discovered the next best thing... Go ahead and download it. Then go into chrome://extensions and disable it. Then when you go to shopping sites it will see you already have it and won't bother you. I hope this helps.
