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keep your data safe since web pages must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.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
    2019-11-28T07:54:29+00:00

    I finally edited my Hosts file to block access to the web address!

    Obviously Microsoft is not responding to the error messages we are receiving.

    Add these lines to your hosts file.

    You'll need permission to change this file I usually make a backup copy to save the original file with .org extension.

    The file is typically located in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc folder

    edit Host add: 

    127.0.0.1 markets.books.microsoft.com

    # Block access to Microsoft website that is corrupt.

    # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

    # 127.0.0.1       localhost

    You can always go back to the .org hosts file if its ever fixed!!

    This method is a quick way to block any malicious site addresses and directs connections to your pc and is a safe simple solution!

    Good luck!

    HI

    Many thanks for your suggestion.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-29T16:13:23+00:00

    Thanks for this temporary solution, will have to try it

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-09T11:20:02+00:00

    I haven't heard Microsoft say when they are going to fix the issue??? It's been going on for at least 6 months are so!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-13T19:15:50+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

    I have the same question. Furthermore, why is Edge attempting to establish a connection that i didn't enter in the address bar or asked for?

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