Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine ...

Microsoft is now testing a new feature in Edge that uses machine learning to identify and block scareware scams.

Edge's new scareware blocker aims to protect you from malicious websites that try to scam you through fear tactics. Here's ...

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

Microsoft this week announced that its scareware blocker, which aims to identify potential scam sites and messages, is now in public preview. The feature, which was first announced in November at ...

Microsoft has been testing an AI-powered scareware blocker feature for a while now. Starting with version 133, you can finally turn it on from Edge's Settings. Scareware blocker settings ...

The scareware blocker will even detect new and emerging scams and let you report them to Microsoft. The scareware blocker will even detect new and emerging scams and let you report them to Microsoft.

Scareware scams take advantage of this, using underhanded tactics to make users feel like they’re not in control of their PCs and need to call the “tech support” number provided onscreen.

The company has now added a new feature that aims to make the experience safer on the internet by preventing Scareware. This addition aims to protect users from deceptive tactics that trick them ...

Scareware blocker specifically intervenes if a scam tool attempts to open a full-screen page, a tactic that can make it more difficult both to identify a scam and circumvent it — for example ...