DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused web browser and search engine, has expanded the scope of its Scam Blocker tool. In addition ...

After the scareware is thwarted, you can report the malicious site to Microsoft. Here's how it all works. How Microsoft Edge's scareware blocker works.

DuckDuckGo isn't the absolute best privacy-focused browser, it is an excellent alternative to Chrome that doesn't have the ...

The DuckDuckGo web browser has expanded its built-in Scam Blocker tool to protect against a broader range of online scams, ...

Throughout the last two years, scareware (fake security software), quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the ...

How does Scareware Blocker work? Using a local machine learning model, Edge compares full-screen pages with thousands of past scams that were submitted by Microsoft’s scam-fighting community.

Although scareware targeting Windows has been known to silently plant itself on PCs after other malware first exploits a security vulnerability in the OS or other software, MacDefender doesn’t.

Scareware works by using classic social engineering techniques of the sort we often observe in phishing messages. They try to rush the victim into making a decision they’ll regret by giving ...

Microsoft is releasing a preview of a new feature for its Edge browser that will help block scareware. This feature is ...

On this week's Tech Tips, we discuss scareware and how to avoid getting trapped by it.Cybercriminals have learned over the years that the most effective way to ...

Microsoft this week announced that its scareware blocker, which aims to identify potential scam sites and messages, is now in public preview. The feature, which was first announced in November at ...

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 ...