Hello @bryan_stewart1 and welcome to the Community!
Do you get a notification from Bitdefender for the websites that you are trying to access? If yes, what message does the notification display? This would help us identify the security module that is blocking the access and subsequently, the reason behind this.
There can be several reasons and for more context, I will refer to the following articles:
However, the possible causes don't end here, therefore it is important to dive into specific details in order to find out exactly what is blocking the websites in question.
Regards