DuckDuckGo's latest update boosts Scam Blocker to catch fake stores, crypto scams, and scareware—no account needed.

The privacy-focused web browser DuckDuckGo has boosted its anti-scam features. It can now detect and block fake ecommerce stores, ...

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused web browser and search engine, has expanded the scope of its Scam Blocker tool.

Scareware refers to a malicious software causing ... creating an illusion that the entire computer is locked. LayerX research pointed out that the campaign is particularly difficult to stop ...

That produces warnings pretending to come from Apple Security that claim your Mac computer has been hit with spyware. To make the scareware seem legitimate, the pop-ups from Apple Security will ...

It looks serious. It feels urgent. But it’s all fake. This is scareware — a scam designed to make you believe your computer has been compromised. The goal is to pressure you into calling a ...

Scareware is a type of malware that uses deceptive tactics to frighten users into believing their computer is infected or has other critical issues. It often masquerades as legitimate security ...

Scareware blocker uses a machine learning model that runs on the local computer. The model uses computer vision to compare full screen pages to thousands of sample scams that the scam-fighting ...

Edge’s Scareware blocker “uses a machine learning model to recognize the tell-tale signs of scareware scams and puts users back in control of their computer,” Microsoft says.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has started rolling out a new scareware blocker in its ...

Edge's new AI/ML-based scareware blocker works in real-time because it understands the content on the web page. "The model uses computer vision to compare full screen pages to thousands of sample ...