Microsoft is planning to introduce a new age security feature that will provide users protection against malicious extensions in the web browser.
Edge enables developers Local extension install (Also known as sideloading) Before publishing them for test purposes Microsoft Edge Ad-on Store the “Developer Mode” option on the extension management page and by clicking on the “load unpacked” button.
However, users can also handle third-party extensions that are not distributed through official channels and scans for malware.
While users can remove the dangerous extensions through the Extension Management Tab by clicking the “Remove” link in the extension card, it is usually too late if the danger actors have cheated the user in installing them, as is affected by hundreds of thousands of users in recent years and can also force hosted exceptions on the official ad-on store.
However, as redmond revealed On Thursday in Microsoft 365 Roadmap, “Microsoft will detect Edge and cancel the malicious sideloaded extension.”
However, the company did not provide much information about how these dangerous extensions would be identified, the new security facility is scheduled to launch in November for standard multi-friendly examples worldwide.
In recent months, Microsoft has updated “Publication API for Edge Extension Developers” to increase security for developer accounts and browser extensions update process. It has started testing a new feature, designed to warn users of the extension that negatively affect the performance of the age.
In February, it also introduced the AI-managed scarware blocker for the Edge web browser, using a local machine learning model using machine learning (mL) to detect the tech support scam by detecting signs of scarware scams in real time.
This month, microsoft Started rolling https-fast mode In Microsoft Edge, which automatically upgrade HTTP connection into https when possible. Additionally, Start with Edge V140 (released in August), web browser will Leave the sleeping tab automatically To save memory.
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