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 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 is rolling out a new tool dubbed "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning ... the feature through a preview program in its Edge browser. This adds an additional level of security ...

Microsoft is now taking direct aim at these scams with a new Scareware Blocker for its Edge browser. This feature powered by artificial intelligence, currently in preview mode, detects scareware ...

A long-running campaign phishing for credentials through scareware recently switched to targeting macOS users.

There are also new policies for the recently launched Scareware Blocker, changes for Entra ID users, and more. Microsoft Edge 134 also includes all the changes and updates Microsoft added to the ...

Since Edge’s unveiling ... To tighten your security, turn on the switches for the following options: Scareware blocker, Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, Block potentially unwanted apps, and ...