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 has officially ...

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.

It looks serious. It feels urgent. But it’s all fake. This is scareware — a scam designed to make you believe your computer has been compromised. The goal is to pressure you into calling a ...

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 ...

Rogue Security Software, also known as Scareware, is software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have cracked down on two international scareware rings based in Latvia that have resulted in more than $74 million in losses on more than a million ...