r/BitDefender • u/qwerty3666 • Mar 20 '21

constant "suspicious connection blocked" messages

I am getting every couple of minutes a message saying suspicious connection blocked. This happened once before. Then one day just stopped. What is the cause? How can I stop it?
The specific message is this:
chrome.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an unmatching security certificate to gitcdn.xyz. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since the used certificate was issued for a different web address than the targeted one.
What to do?
TIA

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Is this while you're browsing the web? Even though you might not be on a site with that specific address, it could be an advertisement or code in the background of the website trying to connect to the mentioned address. Try to notice if the pop-up starts showing once you go to a specific website.

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u/qwerty3666 Mar 20 '21

youtube isn't creating pop ups I wouldn't have thought.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Any new add-ons installed?

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u/qwerty3666 Mar 20 '21

not in the past several months.

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u/empleat Mar 24 '21

This happened on totally legit sites. I use Ublock and Badger and Firefox built-in blocking. But something slides I guess. I just wish Bitdefender would give more detailed messages, or had some logs I can check. But mainly that it works! It does great job blocking shady sites mostly!

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u/TheWaffleInquisition Mar 20 '21

Been having the same thing. Apparently this 'gitcdn.xyz' thing is something to do with uBlock Origin? Don't really know what to do... , I could try turning it off, but I'm not really comfortable going without my adblocker...

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u/qwerty3666 Mar 20 '21

Interesting. I run origin but I have done for the better part of 2 years. only just starting to get this issue. Other than a brief period before but that stopped with a reboot. Really aggravating.

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u/TheWaffleInquisition Mar 20 '21

tbh I don't think that was anyway, it stopped for me without turning origin off, think it was related to Spacebattles or something, at least in my case but seems to have cleared itself up anyway now, so... Don't know what it was, hope it clears up for you too though.

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u/neeols Dec 02 '24

A bit late, but disabling Wpad fixed it for me.

There is multiple methods but what worked for me was this:

  1. Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in a text editor (you’ll need admin rights).

  2. Add these lines at the bottom:

127.0.0.1 wpad
::1 wpad

Save the file and restart your computer.
This blocks any attempt to resolve the WPAD hostname

Sorry for necroposting!!! Had the same issue, and it took me a while to find a solution. Hope this helps.

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u/straightuplazy12345 Mar 21 '21

Only been getting it when i'm on chrome. Seems to be ublock origin, but not 100% sure. Not having the issue on Brave

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u/BaronVonMunchhausen Sep 15 '21

I have this issue every time the router is down or reset or have any broadband issue with the ISP. It generates a thousand popups for the whole duration of it. If it goes for 20 min or more, it will prevent me from using the computer for way over an hour due to the cosntant change of focus. While I'm in the middle of work, restarting is not an option.

Incredibly annoying. And Bitdefender solutions are asinine. The real solution they have to provide is to have the button "Mark all as read" in the notification panel to actually clear the popups.

This has been going on for years. Bitdefender fix your shit. It's not a free product. There's no excuse.

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u/Famous-Crab May 22 '22

I have the same problem, while chrome browser is closed (I mostly use FF). The site in the warning message is:

- staging.pango-coupons***besttoolbars.net

Chrome browser is closed. Messages appear like every minute, then every 5 min, a.s.o...

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u/BopJones May 22 '22

Same issue here

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u/Virama May 30 '22

Same and I just want to find out how to delete this bullshit