Suspicious connection message

[Howsa74]

Every time I log on to Puzzle Baron's Acrostics site I get a message from my Bitdefender anti-virus software that says "Suspicious Connection Blocked." I have been ignoring this message and continuing with the puzzles without any problems but I'd like to know if anyone else has had this experience, what it means and should I be concerned.

[admin]

Hi Howsa -

According to bitdefender this message indicates a problem with an SSL certificate on a website - here's the full explanation from Bitdefender:
How to stop "Suspicious connection blocked" notifications - Bitdefender

I've checked our SSL certificate for acrostics.puzzlebaron.com and we're definitely OK in that regard, but my guess is that there is an advertiser targeting you with a frequent ad that they are not serving properly over HTTPS. This is bad practice on their part (but not really a big security concern as you're not sending any sensitive information through that advertiser's connection), and I will work to track down the problem ad. To hopefully stop the issue for you right away I will bump you up to premium (ad free) free of charge for 1 week - please let me know if that fixes the issue for you.

Stephen

[Howsa74]

Hi Stephen-

Thanks for your quick response and comprehensive explanation. I did not get the "suspicious connection blocked" notification when I did an acrostic today so being ad free appears to have eliminated the problem for now. I hope you are able to track down and eliminate the source.