Edge's new scareware blocker aims to protect you from malicious websites that try to scam you through fear tactics. Here's how to opt in.

Microsoft Edge has a new feature known as "Scareware Blocker" that helps you block (primarily) tech support online scams. In this guide, I'll help you understand and enable the feature on Windows 11.

Microsoft has started rolling out a new scareware blocker in its Edge browser this week. The AI-powered feature runs on Windows PCs and can identify and block existing scams, ...

Understandably, Microsoft wants to fight this — and it’s doing so with a new Scareware Blocker feature in Edge, which was first announced in November at the 2024 Ignite conference.

Microsoft Edge 133 is now rolling out globally, and it ships with several improvements, including a new scareware blocker feature. In addition, Microsoft is updating the backend of the Downloads ...

Microsoft Defender and Edge Security settings are open on a PC monitor. Alan Truly / Digital Trends Microsoft announced its new scareware blocker at the 2024 Ignite conference a few months ago and ...

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. Scareware scams (also known ...

Activating scareware blocker. Image Credits:Microsoft This adds an additional level of security to what exists within the likes of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which already looks for ...

Microsoft is rolling out its new Edge scareware blocker to users to who participate in the preview program, bringing a new tool to the fight against scams. Skip to content.

Users who would like to try out the scareware blocker can do so by making sure that previews are allowed and that Edge is fully up-to-date. You can check this by clicking the three dot icon at the ...

An example of scareware (left), and then Microsoft Edge’s coming ability to quarantine such scam sites (right). Scareware protection will first become available to organizations, who must guard ...