or mouse to prevent you from taking control. Microsoft already offers its Defender SmartScreen tool, which uses collective knowledge to stop scareware and other threats. However, SmartScreen won't ...

Some scareware scams will even try to hijack your keyboard and prevent you from pressing ESC, so the blocker will be particularly useful in these situations. The warning will include a screenshot ...

Microsoft Edge is adding a scareware blocker to prevent users from falling for fake malware alerts. Scareware can trick less tech-savvy users into financial or privacy risks, making this feature ...

Microsoft's new feature, which is in preview mode, aims to prevent scareware scams by utilizing machine learning to detect, warn, and report when scams occur. Edge users can activate it by heading ...

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 ...

Microsoft keeps adding new features to Edge, its Chrome rival, to offer a better experience to users. The company has now added a new feature that aims to make the experience safer on the internet ...

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.

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 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 ...

According to security vendor LayerX, the "scareware" campaign has been hosted on malicious sites designed to resemble the official domains of major companies. An unsuspecting victim can encounter ...