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.

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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 ...

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

If you want to allow or block pop-up windows on specific sites in the Microsoft Edge browser, here is how you can do that. You can do that with the help of in-built settings, the Local Group ...

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 ...

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 ...