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 ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. "Scareware" has blighted the web ...

News. Microsoft Releases Scareware Blocker Preview. By Chris Paoli; 01/31/2025; Microsoft this week announced that its scareware blocker, which aims to identify potential scam sites and messages ...

If you use Edge, enabling the Scareware Blocker is an easy way to add an extra layer of protection. And even if you don’t, knowing how these scams work can keep you and your personal information ...

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 is rolling out a new tool dubbed "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. "Scareware" has blighted the web ...