Let us take a look at the warnings it throws up when it wants to draw your attention to certain events. If when you download a file from the Internet, you see a white notice at the bottom of the web ...

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 download ...

At, times, when you try to download a file from the Internet, your Internet Explorer or Ege Legacy browser, may stop it from being downloaded. This is the SmartScreen Filter in action, trying to ...

We’ve all been there. You read about a great little traditional desktop application or utility that you think will be a great help. Once it’s downloaded, boom ...

If early leaked screenshots are to be believed (and the feature survives without being canned for some reason or another) Microsoft is to bake into Windows 8 a file verification tool based on the ...

Microsoft has updated its SmartScreen web filter to defend against drive-by attacks in the company's latest tweaks to Windows 10. SmartScreen is designed to protect surfers from various malware and ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. It looks like Microsoft is introducing a built-in file checker powered by the SmartScreen Filter in ...

A number of legitimate websites for Australian business and educational institutions were blocked for up to five hours today by Microsoft's SmartScreen phishing and malware filter. From around 10am ...