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 ...

Available now to all users via a preview, the browser’s new “Scareware blocker” is an AI-based tool for dismissing 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 ...

If you’re already a fan of Microsoft’s Edge, or if you have a newer computer user in the house, you’ll want to know about the ...

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 ...

In cyberspace, one common way of doing so is via something called scareware. Scareware is a classic bluff that trades on our anxieties about cybersecurity problems that might affect our devices ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Have you ever been scrolling along, minding your own business, when an ad suddenly hijacks your page with a full-screen warning about a computer virus or account insecurity? These are invariably ...