Softcat has warned the channel and its customers to be on the lookout for a spam email claiming to be from Microsoft which tricks users into downloading "extremely sophisticated" malware. In a blog ...
If you encounter a similar email claiming to be from Microsoft, it is almost certainly a scam. Avoid clicking on any links or sending money to unknown cryptocurrency wallets or bank accounts.
You may have even seen a few Microsoft IT support scam pop-ups yourself over the years. Understandably, Microsoft wants to fight this — and it’s doing so with a new Scareware Blocker feature ...
TL;DR: Microsoft’s recent Edge update introduces a blocker to combat scareware scams, which use aggressive pop-ups, fullscreen lock-ins, and fake warnings to trick users into calling fraudulent ...