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So close that Microsoft Edge's heuristics picked it up as a potential scam after being used for a bit!


Wow, did you get some kind of notification in Edge? Maybe they're trying to detect certain remote desktop sessions used in scams or something.


Yes. It's the new AI powered Scareware blocker.

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/01/27/stand-up-to-s...


I've been on a Teams call with a dev colleague, who just randomly clicked stuff and got web popups that were spoofing the Windows 11 UI...




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