Scams often use fear to trick people—and of such schemes, scareware is extremely obvious about this tactic. On a malicious website, pop-up windows wrest control of your screen, blaring alarms that ...

The scareware blocker works alongside Defender SmartScreen, which protects users by performing “real-time checks” on newly established websites.

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 blocker works alongside Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which already prevents access to known scam sites. But scareware is sneaky — it often moves to a new web address before it can be ...

Microsoft has begun testing a new "scareware blocker" for Edge on Windows PCs. The feature uses machine learning to detect tech support scams. It was introduced at the 2024 Ignite conference in ...

DuckDuckGo rolls out tools to filter AI-generated images and block online scams, prioritising safer, cleaner, and more authentic browsing.

Microsoft unveils new scam detection software The tool will be available to Microsoft Edge users This could lead to an end to 'tech support scams' if widely adopted ...

Feds bust ‘scareware’ ring accused of making $72 million by selling phony anti-virus software June 22, 2011 5:50 PM PT ...