Microsoft has rolled out a new AI-powered scareware blocker in its Edge browser for Windows PCs. This feature can identify and block both existing and emerging scams thanks to a local machine learning model. The blocker uses computer vision to compare full-screen pages to a database of known scams, automatically exiting full-screen mode, stopping audio playback, and warning users if a scam is detected.
Microsoft has started rolling out a new scareware blocker in its Edge browser this week. The AI-powered feature runs on Windows PCs and can identify and block existing scams, and even detect new and emerging ones thanks to a local machine learning model. “Scareware blocker adds a new, first line of defense to help protect the users exposed to a new scam if it attempts to open a full screen page.
The model runs locally, without saving or sending images to the cloud.” Once a scam has been detected, Microsoft Edge will automatically exit the full screen mode that malicious sites try to enforce, stop audio playback, and then warn you with a thumbnail of the page you were viewing. You can then report the site so it’s added to Microsoft’s Defender SmartScreen service that automatically blocks Edge users from visiting known scam sites.
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