TL;DR: Microsoft's recent Edge update introduces a blocker to combat scareware scams, which use aggressive pop-ups, fullscreen lock-ins, and fake warnings to trick users into calling fraudulent ...

The best practice with the internet, whether it's an app, browser extension, or video game, only download and install from trusted developers and sources.

Microsoft is introducing a new scareware sensor for the Microsoft Edge web browser, which helps detect scam pages more quickly and ensures that Defender SmartScreen blocks them faster. In scareware ...

Malicious Chrome and Edge extensions collected browsing history, keystrokes and personal data from millions of users before Google and Microsoft removed them.

Microsoft's latest Windows update deploys warning banners that interrupt Chrome downloads via Edge, urging users toward what ...

Microsoft is planning to introduce a new Edge security feature that will protect users against malicious extensions sideloaded into the web browser. Edge enables developers to install extensions ...

Google made headlines this week, releasing an emergency Chrome update and confirming it had quietly stopped attacks by pushing out changes to all browsers. This is not just a Chrome issue. Microsoft ...

Republished on January 31 with responses to Microsoft’s update and more detailed advice for Windows users on how to defend against these threats. In a refreshing change from recent negative sparring ...