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Microsoft SmartScreen

SmartScreen (officially called Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, and formerly Windows SmartScreen, Windows Defender SmartScreen and SmartScreen Filter in different places) is a cloud-based anti-phishing and anti-malware component included in several Microsoft products: * All versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows 8 * Web browsers Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge * Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S video game consoles * Online services Microsoft 365 (including Microsoft Outlook and Exchange) and Microsoft Bing. SmartScreen as a business unit includes the intelligence platform, backend, serving frontend, UX, policy, expert graders, and closed-loop intelligence (machine learning and statistical techniques) designed to help protect customers from safety threats like social engineering and drive-by downloads.

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SmartScreen (officially called Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, and formerly Windows SmartScreen, Windows Defender SmartScreen and SmartScreen Filter in different places) is a cloud-based anti-phishing and anti-malware component included in several Microsoft products: * All versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows 8 * Web browsers Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge * Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S video game consoles * Online services Microsoft 365 (including Microsoft Outlook and Exchange) and Microsoft Bing. SmartScreen as a business unit includes the intelligence platform, backend, serving frontend, UX, policy, expert graders, and closed-loop intelligence (machine learning and statistical techniques) designed to help protect customers from safety threats like social engineering and drive-by downloads.

Key claims

  1. release date: 2025 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2025". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367171480

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.