A problem with the Microsoft SmartScreen malware-thwarting technology in Internet Explorer 8 rendered countless users unable to access all kinds of sites throughout the day on November 4. Microsoft ...

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 announced this month that it will stop providing updates for its SmartScreen e-mail spam filters on Nov. 1. These filters, which have long been used with Exchange and Outlook, are getting ...

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 ...

Over the past year, Internet Explorer has lost market share while browsers such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari and even the nascent Google browser Chrome have made incremental gains. Microsoft ...

Microsoft has claimed its web browser spam filter technology has stopped its one-billionth piece of malware from being downloaded. Internet Explorer 8's (IE8's) SmartScreen Filter uses URL ...

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 ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Microsoft has revealed that 1 out of every 14 downloaded programs is later confirmed as malware. The ...

Microsoft's browser reputation has seen better days and Firefox continues to gain market share. But Internet Explorer 8, rumored to be final later this month, sports five new security features that ...