Announced originally at Ignite in November, the scareware blocker in Microsoft Edge is now available in preview in the latest ...

You’re browsing the web when suddenly your screen turns red. A warning flashes: “Your computer is infected! Call support immediately!” Maybe there’s a blaring alarm or a robotic voice telling you to ...

Microsoft is rolling out "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning to identify a very specific and pervasive type of online scam.

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 ...

This latest update addresses so-called “scareware,” which can be especially convincing and urgent. “They use aggressive web pages to convince victims into thinking their system is infected ...

That type of scam is known as scareware, and it's a threat that Microsoft is working to counter with a new option in its Edge browser. Also: The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster ...

A new security feature for Microsoft Edge is now available for preview, helping people overcome scareware scams.

A scareware blocker is a security tool, often integrated into web browsers, designed to prevent users from falling victim to ...

If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Microsoft has started rolling out an AI-powered “Scareware Blocker” for its Edge browser on Windows PCs.

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 ...