If you’ve been receiving notifications from Bitdefender regarding bzib.nelreports.net and deff.nelreports.net in relation to Microsoft Edge, fret not! These alerts are meant to ensure your safety online and don’t indicate any malware threats to your device.
What Are These Notifications About?
Suspicious connection block notifications are saying:
“msedge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to bzib.nelreports.net. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.”
And
“msedge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to deff.nelreports.net. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.”
Bitdefender’s Online Threat Prevention module triggers these alerts when attempts are made to access websites that have expired SSL certificates. SSL certificates encrypt data exchanged between a user’s browser and a website, ensuring a secure and private connection by validating the website’s identity and safeguarding sensitive information. When certificates expire, it might pose a potential risk.
The notifications you’re seeing are a proactive measure by Bitdefender to block connections to websites that lack a valid SSL certificate. Typically, these alerts might pop up when visiting websites with numerous advertisements or certain analytics companies whose certificates have expired.
Checking Certificate Status
To reassure yourself about the legitimacy of these notifications, you can check the SSL certificate status of websites through platforms like https://www.sslshopper.com/. This can provide you with additional information about the security status of the mentioned websites.
Seeking Further Assistance
We’re aware that concerns have been raised by several users regarding this certificate issue on Microsoft forums. It’s likely that Microsoft is already working on a solution, and we anticipate a fix to be released in due course. You can track the ongoing discussion and progress on this matter through this link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/what-is-bzibnelreportsnet-and-deffnelreportsnet-in/747c0517-f9d5-4ab6-b11f-cce0defd5f50
In the meantime, if you require further assistance or information specific to Microsoft Edge, you can contact the Microsoft Support Team directly via this link: https://support.microsoft.com/contactus/
Remember, these notifications are a proactive measure by Bitdefender to ensure your online safety. Your data security is a priority, and these alerts aim to prevent potential risks associated with expired SSL certificates.