However, with attackers finding new ways to infiltrate PCs, Windows 11/10 includes a beefed-up SmartScreen that protects against drive-by attacks in Microsoft Edge. SmartScreen filter warnings ...

SmartScreen is designed to automatically block suspicious files, but it often flags genuine downloads as malicious. Here's how you can disable Windows Defender SmartScreen on Windows 11 to ...

MORE: WATCH OUT FOR THIS NEW MALICIOUS RANSOMWARE DISGUISED AS WINDOWS UPDATES How hackers got past Windows SmartScreen Unfortunately, a vulnerability in Windows Defender known as CVE-2023-36025 ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new DealPly variant which uses a new method to avoid detection by abusing the reputation services provided by Microsoft's SmartScreen and McAfee's WebAdvisor.

The Microsoft SmartScreen filtering technology built into Internet Explorer and Edge has now been updated to block Web-based attacks that silently exploit software vulnerabilities to infect computers.

Today, in our continuing series of Windows 8 tips and tricks, we're going to look at closing Windows 8 Metro apps, and how to work with SmartScreen -- a new feature in Windows 8 that prevents you ...

Microsoft SmartScreen has been around for years as a tool to protect users from phishing attacks and malware downloads. The feature uses URL reputation checks and Application Reputation protection ...

The new Website typo protection on the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen service combats these typosquatter tactics by alerting you via a warning page when you have misspelled a URL and been directed ...