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
    2023-11-15T01:49:52+00:00

    If I hadn't happened to buy Bitdefender (instead of Norton, for example) then I wouldn't have known there was a problem with nelreports.net in all its permutations. If its certificate is fixed, will it do its wicked spyware deeds behind the scenes without detection? My guess is that another area of Bitdefender will block it. If that is not the case, then what will? Suppose it is renamed to nelreports1.net instead and given a good certificate. It would have passed the certificate check in Bitdefender, but when it started spying or doing whatever it does for illicit profits (like redirecting the browser to other e-commerce sites), surely Bitdefender would come to the rescue.

    I'm willing to occasionally click on Bitdefender Notifications, click "Mark all as read" and be done with it. This issue is jarring because it makes one wonder what nasty mischief is going on "under the hood" in Windows 11 and whether Bitdefender is blocking it all. Until there's malware software rated better, I'll stick with Bitdefender. Norton didn't even warn me about nelreports.net! It's a major pain, so I switched to Bitdefender, and that appears to have been a lucky change.

    I believe in overkill on security and wish I could install ALL the most highly rated malware programs. (I have cameras and sensors hidden all over the place in and around my house.) I left Norton turned on, and there are no collisions thus far with Bitdefender, so that's probably enough.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-13T18:13:32+00:00

    Facing same issue

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-13T09:22:22+00:00

    same issue ,Bzib.nelreports.net so many reports and constant warning. Windows 11.

    check error https://ibb.co/375MPzT

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-13T08:00:44+00:00

    I have the same issue.

    My system is a recent clean install of Win 11 23585.1001 Pro Insider Evaluation.

    I run Windscribe, Bitlocker, Bitdefender and have modified brute force settings passwords and time limit.

    Linux systems on the same network run Windscibe or open VPN, Clam AV, have brute force protection and PiHole. All systems are updated , scanned, rebooted regularly.

    I found my phishing protection turned off by running Winsecurity.diagcab. Not sure if it's related.

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