Windows 11 Microsoft Edge now comes with a Scareware blocker, a new feature that will help to reduce the chances of falling for tech support scams online, and here's how to enable it.

DuckDuckGo is offering enhanced, in-browser scam protections Online scams are on the rise, so it wants to keep users safe It ...

Some of the company’s defences include: Microsoft Edge now features domain impersonation protection and a scareware blocker. Quick Assist alerts users with warning messages before allowing remote ...

For example, Microsoft Edge has website typo protection and domain impersonation protection, which use deep learning to warn users about fake websites. Edge also has a Scareware Blocker, which ...

Edge has also implemented a machine learning-based Scareware Blocker to identify and block potential scam pages and deceptive pop-up screens with alarming warnings claiming a computer has been ...

In addition to the performance improvements, Edge 134 also brings multiple notable new features, including an AI-powered ' Scareware Blocker ' that Microsoft claims is an effective first line of ...

We have seen different features appear in Edge, such as Scareware protection in version 133, which aims to protect users from deceptive pop-ups that trick them into thinking their computers are ...

Method 1: Enable Scareware Blocker in Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge includes a built-in AI-powered security feature called Scareware Blocker. It uses a local AI model to analyze web page contents in ...

Threat actors behind a sophisticated phishing attack against Windows users, have now switched gears to target Mac users. The hackers changed their target to Mac and Safari users after Microsoft issued ...

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 ...

How this phishing campaign works on Mac As 9to5Mac notes, the campaign quickly pivoted to targeting macOS and Safari after anti-scareware was released for Edge, Chrome, and Firefox in February.

But the hacker behind the attack pivoted to Macs after Microsoft in February introduced an anti-scareware feature for the Edge browser that uses an AI model to identify the scam through a web page.