Posted: 11/27/2005 8:02:15 PM EDT
| My computer has been asking me for security certificates for practically every site i go on now. My wife has been on ebay alot lately so im not sure if she may have done something inadvertantly to screw things up. Any ideas? |
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My advice is to stop using internet explorer altogether, and download microsoft's anti-spware beta. For browser, I prefre Mozilla Firefox. I also recomend AVG free edition over Symantec and McCafee solutions that you have to PAY for. Here are some links to get you in the right direction: www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 |
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Security Alert Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or changed by others. However, there is a problem with the site's security certificate. The security certificate us from a trusted certifying authority The security certificate has expired or is not yet valid The security certificate has a valid name matching the page you are trying to view Do you want to proceed? Yes No View certificate |
Click the tools menu at the top of I.E. Click Internet Options from the menue Click the security tab Select default level for "internet" "local intranet" "trusted sites" and "restricted sites" Click apply Click the advanced tab Click the "restore defaults" button Click apply Click ok Close all browser shells Restart IE and test Even if it works, you might want to try firefox... Hope this helps |
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Check the date that the computer thinks it currently is. What you have described is common if you've recently changed the date and, say, put in "2004" instead of "2005". In order to use the demo version of Nero that I have installed, I have to set the date on my machine to mid-May, so I get that "security certificate not valid" error all the time. (And before someone gripes about my using "trial" software past the due date -- Nero came with my CD drive, but I can't find the disk it came on, so I can't reinstall the legit version even though I already paid for it as part of the drive package. Sigh.) |