Microsoft Anti-Phishing technology has come as an extension to Google Chrome

Microsoft has released a Chrome extension called "Windows Defender Browser Protection” (Protection of preof browsing through it ), which brings to Chrome the Anti-phishing technology of Windows Defender and by extension the technology of Edge.

Η extension works with bright red pages whenever users are on one with malicious links. The warnings are similar to those displayed by Chrome itself through its Safe Browsing API system, but their source of malicious links is Microsoft's database known as the SmartScreen API.

Chrome users can use both APIs to detect addresses with electronic “” (phishing) and malware. Microsoft's SmartScreen API is not as well known as Google's more famous Safe Browsing API, but it works in the same way and provides additional .

The NSS Labs conducted a related test last year about the security of the three biggest browsers on , showed that Edge (with the SmartScreen API) intercepted 99% of all URLs that contained phishing, while Chrome only detected 87% of malicious links. Of course, the results of the test were republished by Microsoft on this page.

For the record, Microsoft made some tragic mistakes when it decided to release an unfinished version of Edge in 2015, but since then the browser has slowly turned into a strong and stable product, especially when it comes to security features. The SmartScreen API is a reliable technology, designed to be integrated through Edge in Windows 10, that can hardly leave security gaps, especially when it comes to online .

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