Technical breakdowns and examples (including some nicely animated GIFs!) are included on the page. ... These SmartScreen vulnerabilities appear to have been in place since at least 2018, ...

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.

Over the weekend, privacy concern were raised regarding how Microsoft Edge is uploading the URLs to SmartScreen. After further testing by BleepingComputer, we learned that Windows 10 also ...

Windows SmartScreen may block any app or link that it finds suspicious. But at times you may receive a message, Windows SmartScreen can’t be reached right now. If you see this message, here is ...

Hackers are actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Microsoft SmartScreen to deploy malware. A report from cybersecurity researchers Cyble has urged users to apply the patch immediately ...

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 ...

Despite its benefits, sometimes you may want to disable SmartScreen temporarily. It can mistakenly flag the safe files and apps as malicious due to a lack of information in its database, leading ...

In Windows Defender, you can also change Edge's SmartScreen to merely warn you when you are about to download a file it deems suspicious instead of it outright blocking it.

Drive-by attacks are among the sneakiest types of browser malware, but Microsoft has a plan to keep Windows 10 users safe. As part of the Windows 10 “November update,” both Microsoft Edge and ...