Microsoft Edge has security feature called Scareware Blocker. It is designed to protect users from deceptive or scam websites that use scare tactics to make them download malicious software or pay ...

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According to Microsoft's blog, Edge 134 also offers 1.7% faster navigation times, 2% faster startup times, and 5 to 7% better ...

Microsoft Edge is adding a scareware blocker to prevent users from falling for fake malware alerts. Scareware can trick less ...

We have seen different features appear in Edge, such as Scareware protection in version 133, which aims to protect users from deceptive pop-ups that trick them into thinking their computers are ...

Those using a Mac are now susceptible to a phishing attack that's been plaguing Windows users for a long time.

The hackers behind the scareware previously targeted Windows users but switched to macOS after Microsoft introduced an anti-scareware feature for the Edge browser. By Michael Kan March 20, 2025 ...

After Chrome, Firefox and Edge introduced anti-scareware measures, these attacks dropped by 90%. Within two weeks, LayerX detected nearly identical phishing tactics repurposed for Mac users on Safari.

But the hacker behind the attack pivoted to Macs after Microsoft in February introduced an anti-scareware feature for the Edge browser that uses an AI model to identify the scam through a web page ...