After regaining control, users can report malicious sites through Scareware Blocker to help protect others. They may submit a screenshot and diagnostics to Microsoft, aiding Defender SmartScreen ...

Users can then report the scam site to protect others by sharing screenshots and diagnostic info with Microsoft, helping the Defender SmartScreen service detect scareware outbreaks across users ...

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. Unlike Defender SmartScreen ...

Edge currently uses Microsoft Defender SmartScreen to detect and ... One particularly tricky type of scam is called scareware ...

Have you ever encountered a web page that claimed your PC had a virus and asked you to download antivirus software? That type of scam is known as scareware, and it's a threat that Microsoft is ...

The scareware blocker will even detect new ... You can then report the site so it’s added to Microsoft’s Defender SmartScreen service that automatically blocks Edge users from visiting known ...

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 ...

The new feature adds to Microsoft's existing security measures, such as Defender SmartScreen, which protects users from known malicious web pages. The scareware blocker can provide real-time ...

This adds an additional level of security to what exists within the likes of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which already looks for suspicious activity on web pages. Scareware blocker specifically ...