Chrome connects by itself to suspicious site api.wipmania.com

[Stef5 0]

Today when I was doing something on the web, Google Chrome connected by itself to api.wipmania.com. This was totally unrelated to the sites I was using (at least I believe so). I wouldn't even have know about it, except that NOD32 showed a warning that Chrome is attempting a secure connection to that site, but with an untrusted certificate.
 
I googled that domain and most results were about viruses. So I figured I'd gotten a virus.

Also, this site says the virus (which they say accesses that domain) can control the traffic of chrome.exe.

 
My question is, what do I do now? How do I remove this virus, if there is one?
 
For now I'm planning to:

• run a full (not "smart check") NOD32 scan over the following night (maybe I should do it in safe mode?)
• run a check with several of the leading free scanners like Kaspersky in case NOD32 misses it
• get my PC to a repair shop

Thanks in advance!

Edited July 8, 2016 by Stef5

[Marcos 4,706]

It's a legitimate API: A simple yet powerful API allowing you to query the WorldIP database with a single link in Text, JSON and XML format. They have a problem with the certificate that expired yesterdat, hence the warning.

[Stef5 0]

Thanks for the prompt reply, Marcos.
But why would my Chrome attempt to connect to this domain by itself (without me requesting it)?
Is it possible that a site I visited used this API unbeknownst to me, hence the access by Chrome?
 
Also, various sites associate this API with a virus called Dorkbot (and also with some other viruses). Just do a google search for api.wipmania.com. If this domain was all that safe, why would most results be about viruses?

[Stef5 0]

Just to let you know: It happened again! But this time with another server:

maxcdn.cedexis-test.com.

Chrome tried to connect to that server (again with a certificate problem) without me requesting it.

However, googling for that server shows no virus-related results. So it seems Chrome does indeed access servers without my knowledge, without that being indicative of a virus. So I'm starting to think that the wipmania thing was safe as well.