Microsoft Keeps Innovating to Keep You Safe: Feature Highlights
Scam Protection Introducing Scareware Blocker & Defender SmartScreen, Now in Edge! Does your company use Microsoft Edge as its internet browser? If so, you’ll want to know about even more ways Microsoft is helping to keep users safe — including small business users. Two new or improved features are rolling out to Windows 11 users in the latest update to Microsoft Edge. Both can help, but to get the most benefit you’ll need to know a little about what’s happening behind the scenes. New in Edge: Scareware Blocker Scareware is a malicious tactic similar to malware or ransomware. The difference here is (can you guess?) that scammers attempt to scare you into taking action that turns out to be a scam. You’ve seen these kinds of scams before: a giant flashing pop-up warning you that your system is infected, or slow, or vulnerable to attack. All you have to do is click the button, and they’ll fix everything for you… but of course what they’re really after is your money or your information...