Microsoft's new tool protects users from fake support and scam popups The new scareware sensor in Edge promises faster SmartScreen threat detection The AI-driven Scareware blocker is backed with ...

Even though tricking users into downloading rogue security software, or scareware, is one of the oldest tricks up cybercriminals' sleeves, it continues to be one of the biggest threats in cyberspace, ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's recent Edge update introduces a blocker to combat scareware scams, which use aggressive pop-ups, fullscreen lock-ins, and fake warnings to trick users into calling fraudulent ...

Warning: Cyber thieves are using fake security alerts to scare you into buying their worthless software. Security experts call it “scareware,” and it’s a growing problem. These bogus warning messages ...

Microsoft is introducing a new scareware sensor for the Microsoft Edge web browser, which helps detect scam pages more quickly and ensures that Defender SmartScreen blocks them faster. In scareware ...

Computer users have been conditioned over the last few years to recognize and avoid many of the more common scams and threats on the Internet: email viruses, phishing, spam, Nigerian 419 ploys and ...

Microsoft announced its new scareware blocker at the 2024 Ignite conference a few months ago and now it’s ready for users to try out. This preview is open to everyone who uses Edge; you just need to ...

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 ...

Something alarming could be a click away for Fort Meade computer users who are not cautious. The Network Enterprise Center is experiencing a spike in virus-infected computers as machines are corrupted ...