How Long Do Pop-Up Windows Usually Last?

Ad pop-ups do not close on their own; they are coded to remain active until you click them or force-close them in your system task manager, wasting system memory and interrupting your flow.

Zero Seconds: Blocking at the Source

With AdBlock Network, the lifespan of an ad pop-up is zero. The extension makes asynchronous read-only requests to multiple independent endpoints to sync the local firewall. The rules on the Advanced layer drop the window-opening functions before they take up memory.