How-To Microsoft Edge can now block scareware, but there’s a tiny catch You’ll have to turn on the feature first—here’s how.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But it said it has had some success in prosecuting some people. Last May, for example, three people were charged in Illinois in with scamming users in more than 60 countries, including the U.S., to ...