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 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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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.

The attackers had previously targeted Windows users with fake Microsoft security alerts, but then adapted their tactics in response to new anti-scareware features deployed in Chrome, Edge ...

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 ...