If you encounter a scam that didn’t trip the detector, or if you’re getting a lot of false positives, you can still share reports and screenshots manually. And I think—or at least hope—that those ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed “scareware blocker,” which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. “Scareware” has blighted the web ...

Microsoft's new tool protects users from fake support and scam popups The new scareware sensor in Edge promises faster SmartScreen threat detection The AI-driven Scareware blocker is backed with ...

Malicious actors have a variety of techniques to try and ensnare victims online, one of which is scareware. It entails displaying web pages designed to convince a user that their system has been ...

Scareware is one of the more aggressive forms of online deception, but Microsoft’s new tool can help you avoid the trap. If you use Edge, enabling the Scareware Blocker is an easy way to add an extra ...

London, UK, 16 May 2011 - G Data is today announcing the introduction of a removal program aimed at fake antivirus (AV) software. The free tool, G Data FakeAVCleaner, is available for all web users to ...

Spam is unavoidable: It clutters your phone call history and chokes your email inbox. Like spam, scareware is another annoyance that seems to go hand-in-hand with internet access. It’s why you should ...

We live in fast-paced and often worrying times, and fraudsters are primed to take advantage. Fear can be a powerful weapon and scammers know how to instill it in people and coerce them into taking ...

In this age of ever present malware threats, it is more important than ever to educate your users about the dangers of phishing messages. In my experience however, there will always be some users who ...

Microsoft said this week that it has evidence of a link between the fake security software now plaguing Mac users and a hard-charging family of similar software on Windows. Phony security software, ...

Symantec has been accused in a lawsuit of California’s unfair competition laws and fraudulent inducement by using scareware-like tactics to trick users into buying licenses for its PC utility-type ...

Hey, you! Yes, you, on the iPhone! You’ve got a virus in your Windows PC! Better download this totally legit free app and let it scan all your files for threats and ...