To allow websites to show pop-up windows in Microsoft Edge, you have to disable the browser's pop-up blocker. Here's how you do that on desktop and mobile. Why Disable the Pop-Up Blocker in Edge?

Microsoft Edge has security feature called Scareware Blocker. It is designed to protect users from deceptive or scam websites that use scare tactics to make them download malicious software or pay for ...

Extension support adds useful extra features to the browsers that are unavailable by default. Mainstream browsers like Google Chrome, which dominates the market, do not support extensions on mobile.

Malicious actors have a variety of techniques to try and ensnare victims online, one of which is scareware. It entails displaying web pages designed to convince a user that their system has been ...

Scareware is a type of malware that relies on scare tactics to get you to lower your guard and unknowingly install malware or give away sensitive personal data before you realize you’re being tricked.

Updates, notifications, messages, all come at us in a constant stream. While many of these digital nudges are welcome, some are not. In particular, notification spam can be a nuisance, misleading, and ...

Scams often use fear to trick people—and of such schemes, scareware is extremely obvious about this tactic. On a malicious website, pop-up windows wrest control of your screen, blaring alarms that ...

I recently upgraded my "unsupported" PC to Windows 11 and was immediately bombarded with banner alerts, ads, and current affairs news that I'd rather not be force fed by my operating system. Windows ...

Google won't let you turn AI off from results, but you can still get around it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Search on Google ...

February 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM ET: While Microsoft will end support for Manifest V2 at some point, which will block uBlock Origin, it appears that cutoff date has not occurred yet. The latest version ...

Edge Canary brings two of YouTube Premium's biggest benefits for free, but after testing it out, I'm sticking with my paid ...