Microsoft is rolling out "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning to identify a very specific and pervasive type of online scam.

You’re browsing the web when suddenly your screen turns red. A warning flashes: “Your computer is infected! Call support immediately!” Maybe there’s a blaring alarm or a robotic voice telling you to ...

1. On January 30, 1982, computer programmer Richard Skrenta wrote the world’s first computer virus that ‘escaped’ to other networks. Among other things, the virus would display a poem about ...

Scareware blocker uses a machine learning model that runs on the local computer," Microsoft said. "The model uses computer vision to compare full screen pages to thousands of sample scams that the ...

Many scareware sites run the infamous tech support scam. Clicking a link or notification on a page displays a warning alerting you that your computer is infected with a virus. Another message ...

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 ...

Edge's new AI/ML-based scareware blocker works in real-time because it understands the content on the web page. "The model uses computer vision to compare full screen pages to thousands of sample ...

The process operates entirely on the user's computer, ensuring privacy by not storing or transmitting images to the cloud, according to Microsoft. If a potential scam site is found, scareware ...