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 almost since its inception, often in the form of fake antivirus software that claims to have detected a non-existent threat on a user's machine. [...] First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/microsoft-tests-scareware-blocker-for-edge-that-uses-computer-vision-to-detect-scams/
