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's goal of giving users privacy protections is bumping right up against Google's goal of making ad money. According to Windows Latest, some users of the Microsoft Edge browser (which is ...

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, and even detect new ...

Microsoft has been testing an AI-powered scareware blocker feature for a while now. Starting with version 133, you can finally turn it on from Edge's Settings.

Microsoft Edge's Scareware blocker is a local AI model designed to help users avoid annoying and dangerous full screen pop-ups while browsing the web.

Microsoft Edge Dev received an update to version 110.0.1587.1 this week. The update adds a new option to the Android version of Edge that allows you to block an ad with a long press.