Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed “scareware blocker,” which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. “Scareware” has blighted the web ...

Microsoft Edge has security feature called Scareware Blocker. It is designed to protect users from deceptive or scam websites that use scare tactics to make them download malicious software or pay for ...

Microsoft Edge 133 is now rolling out globally, and it ships with several improvements, including a new scareware blocker feature. In addition, Microsoft is updating the backend of the Downloads UI ...

Scareware is a type of malware that relies on scare tactics to get you to lower your guard and unknowingly install malware or give away sensitive personal data before you realize you’re being tricked.

Scams often use fear to trick people—and of such schemes, scareware is extremely obvious about this tactic. On a malicious website, pop-up windows wrest control of your screen, blaring alarms that ...

Malicious actors have a variety of techniques to try and ensnare victims online, one of which is scareware. It entails displaying web pages designed to convince a user that their system has been ...

Microsoft's goal of giving users privacy protections is bumping right up against Google's goal of making ad money. According to Windows Latest, some users of the Microsoft Edge browser (which is the ...

Block Origin vanished from Microsoft Edge after a mistake, but it’s back. Here’s why it happened and how to restore the ...

If you find autoplay media content annoying while browsing, then this feature to block it using Microsoft’s Edge browser will catch your fancy. With this new feature, you can set your browser to block ...