BD suspicious connection blocked on website I dont access

PhilE

I get some notifications about connections being blocked, something like:

firefox.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to piwik.ovpn.se. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.

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to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk.

But I dont remember connecting to this, even though I use a VPN. I am very extra careful now because I was RAT'ed a few days ago due to my son's downloads. I want to know if:

1. These suspicious blocks are enough to prevent RAT's from accessing my PC.
2. If installing BD+Malwarebytes+VPN combinations is enough to disable access to the intruder

Gjoksi

Hello.

First, check out this comment:

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/304043#Comment_304043

and this comment:

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/308480#Comment_308480

So, to answer your questions:

1. Those suspicious blocks from BD are enough to prevent RAT's from accessing your PC.
2. BD+VPN is enough to disable access to the intruder, but if you don't want to have worries about the intruders, BD+Malwarebytes+VPN is more than enough

Regards.