Microsoft Edge is making Suspicious Connection?

Anonymous
2023-11-02T09:18:58+00:00

is Microsoft is making suspicious connection to this URL deff.nelreports.net/api/report?

Also let us know which data is being sent to this URL & When?

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Anonymous
2023-11-15T15:40:03+00:00

*.nelreports.net is a Microsoft domain. Several certificates used on the subdomains of this domain expired last week.

There is no security impact or end-user-impact of the certificate expiration -- Basically, the browser will be unable to submit Network Error Logging reports until the certificate is corrected. Network Error Logging is a HTML5 feature to allow site owners to discover network connectivity problems. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Network\_Error\_Logging

Your security software is just announcing "Hey, this certificate is bad", a fact that the browser already was determining on its own, and to which it responds by not connecting to the server in question. The security software provides a redundant warning -- the browser will not use connections with expired or invalid certificates.

The subdomain names are random strings of characters with no particular meaning.

The relevant team has been notified about the certificate expiration and will correct the issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-12T06:09:23+00:00

    I have a Bitdefender ticket but they haven't responded. Since I submitted it I have been doing some experimenting. I use MS Edge with a home page of msn.com. I get an error every time I go into this and when I click on a rotating news page. Don't know if MS made changes in information collection? I will need to chase my update history and when this activity started. Is this the same with anyone else?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-12T06:36:22+00:00

    (1) In this thread...

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/bitdefender-keeps-blocking-a-suspicious-connection-every-time-i-start-edge.19700/

    Bitdefender keeps blocking a suspicious connection every time I start Edge

    ...TairikuOkami posted a picture of that URL certificate that shows it expired 2 days ago & he thinks it might renew within 5 days of that...

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    Is that about when the problem began for you? Then you may wait for it to renew.

    (2) In the same thread, Ghot says it works to block msEdge.exe and microsoftedgeupdate.exe using BitDefender, like _AW_ says. And angryOnWindows says it also works to just block the URL using the Hosts file.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-12T08:21:13+00:00

    Yes, that is about the time it started 2-3 days ago. I'll wait until after Nov 15 when it renews. Thanks for the information. I believe many of us were concerned about this. You guys have come a long way from when I started working on IBM 360 Model 30 computers in 1972. Been retired for many years now and it's way beyond me anymore! I'm a "user" now, you know the nut between the keyboard and the seat, yea! :) Great to see the younger generation push the technology further down the road. Thanks for the help it's much appreciated.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-12T08:40:34+00:00

    You are welcome. I hope it will renew. But I'm not the younger generation. maybe TairikuOkami is. But I was also working on that IBM 360 sometime in the 70's & also sit in a chair today. Good luck, brethren.

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