Microsoft Suspicious Connection Blocked

Anonymous
2019-11-13T08:40:36+00:00

Hi, 

My anti virus software threw up the following:

Suspicious connection blocked

15 hours ago

  • Feature:
    • Online Threat Prevention

MicrosoftEdge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to markets.books.microsoft.com. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since web pages must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.

Roger

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy

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Anonymous
2019-12-01T03:24:24+00:00

When it's fixed my Bitdefender will quit blocking it. Apparently it's a useless Microsoft file that is not needed or my computer would malfunction with it blocked. If your getting pop-ups, maybe get an anti-virus software like Bitdefender that works in the background without all of the annoying pop-ups.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-10T01:10:41+00:00

    Oops, sorry about that.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-10T00:26:57+00:00

    It's now mid April and they haven't fixed it as my Bit Defender just blocked it. 

    Download the new microsoft Edge browser and that will solve the problem.

    Frankly, thats a rubbish answer. Nobody from Microsoft ever gave a coherent answer to this question. Then, suddenly, its “If you use our shiny new browser, it wont do that anymore. That’s not customer service. We just need a little honesty.

    I am using the new microsoft Edge browser and do not receive that message anymore. Been using it for a while now. It is much better then the old browser and faster.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-10T00:02:28+00:00

    Thanks for the reply.

    As of yesterday my bitdefender has stopped working altogether. I'll uninstall and reinstall, maybe that will help. I have a tracker that's causing all sorts of mayhem. Seems to be the same person as a few months ago, when I had to buy a new computer. Checking it out it looks like someone bought a license to access my network. I can see that every few days my network is disabled and another one is enabled. A few days later it switches again. I followed winding paths and found a Chinese/Tiwanese company, Quora.com who sell these short term licenses. If that's the issue I don't think anyone can do anything about it.

    And it all starts with Edge establishing connection through markets.books.microsoft.com.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-09T23:59:36+00:00

    It's now mid April and they haven't fixed it as my Bit Defender just blocked it. 

    Download the new microsoft Edge browser and that will solve the problem.

    Frankly, thats a rubbish answer. Nobody from Microsoft ever gave a coherent answer to this question. Then, suddenly, its “If you use our shiny new browser, it wont do that anymore. That’s not customer service. We just need a little honesty.

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