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

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 ...

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 ...

A common approach by Rogue programs is to display either fake results or exaggerated results when the program scans your computer. When the scan is finished you will be shown a list of legitimate ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have cracked down on two international scareware rings based ... ups that purported to offer a free computer virus scan. The bogus scan would then ...

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 ...

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 ...