Microsoft Edge has a new feature known as "Scareware Blocker" that helps you block (primarily) tech support online scams. In this guide, I'll help you understand and enable the feature on Windows 11.

Edge Canary now has a new autoplay setting, Block, this allows you to stop all media on a site from automatically playing," said Microsoft on its Edge Insider page.

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams.

Microsoft Edge will no longer support uBlock Origin. That ad blocker will stop working on Chromium browsers in the near future.

The web is rife with scams that rely on scare tactics. But Microsoft Edge will soon defend against such terrors.