What Is an Option Screener?

SmartScreen Filter is a feature in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge that helps detect phishing websites. SmartScreen filters can also prevent the installation of malware.

SmartScreen Filter

SmartScreen Filter helps protect information in three ways:

When you browse in the web, it runs in the background and analyzes web pages to determine if they have any characteristics that may be questionable. When a suspicious web page is found, the SmartScreen filter displays a message that gives you the opportunity to provide feedback and prompts you to take care.

SmartScreen Filter compares recently reported phishing websites with

You can check the website from Internet Explorer by following these steps:

1.Open Internet Explorer

2. Go to the website you want to check.

3. Click the "Tools" button, point to "Security", and then click "Check this website".

Through the above three steps, you can manually check the suspect website

1.Open Internet Explorer

2. Click the "Security" button, point to "SmartScreen Filter", and then click "Close SmartScreen Filter" or "Open SmartScreen Filter".

3. In the Microsoft SmartScreen Filter dialog box, click OK.

PS: It is not recommended to turn off the security function of IE. Internet access is more secure under the protection of SmartScreen.

SmartScreen is different from pop-up blockers. SmartScreen checks the sites you visit or the files you download for threats to your safety. Pop-up blockers limit most pop-ups in your site. These pop-ups are usually ads, not necessarily malicious windows.