- Microsoft Edge adds extension detection to the malicious laterally
- Other improvements in productivity and AI are in preparation
- Edge is still fighting with market share (against Chrome)
Microsoft has announced its intention to add a new safety feature to its EDGE browser to protect users from malware download extensions while it continues with plans to attract more chrome users.
The key flow allows developers to install extensions locally, but the attackers have also operated the button farming to encourage users to install harmful extensions, by bypassing checks that extensions generally undergo via the EDGE additional modules store.
The company has confirmed that its browser “will detect and revoke malicious download extensions” in a roadmap entrance.
Edge will soon detect malicious download extensions
Microsoft said this new security feature is currently in development, but is expected to be deployed in November 2025.
The company has refrained from sharing all the details, such as detection methods – all we have is the limited entry of the roadmap (followed as 503593) to pass.
However, this is not Microsoft’s first stab to make Edge a more secure web environment. It also deployed warnings for extensions that affect Edge’s performance and an HTTPS-STS mode to go from HTTP to HTTPS as far as possible.
It is not only the security updates that find their way in the native browser of Microsoft. The company also hopes to make it a more productive place, with plans to introduce a PDF reader supplied with integrated Adobe from October 2025. Of course, the co -pilot interrogation tools also find their way in all aspects of the browser.
All that is said, Microsoft continues to fight against the adoption of tips, because the recent figures claim that the browser represents approximately 12% of all office browser sessions worldwide, compared to 70% for Chrome. However, it is twice as much as Safari (6%) on the desk, at least.
