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Help with Firefox

Posted on 06/13/2016 11:21:26 AM PDT by VA Voter

Firefox has gone nuts by rejecting the certificates from many legitimate websites including YouTube and Gmail.

The instructions say to go to Advanced and create an exception for each website. This is still a problem because some websites cannot be added and others only last for one time only.

I have been to the Settings tab and there is no security setting that I can find that addresses this issue.

IE doesn't have this issue at all, just Firefox.

Thanks for any suggestions?

Internet Explorer doesn't have


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browser; firefox; internet
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1 posted on 06/13/2016 11:21:26 AM PDT by VA Voter
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To: VA Voter

Yes, I’m logged in.


2 posted on 06/13/2016 11:23:28 AM PDT by VA Voter
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To: VA Voter

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disable-firefox-rejecting-certificates-59249.html


3 posted on 06/13/2016 11:25:35 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: VA Voter

Can’t help but this one’s the best: https://duckduckgo.com/


4 posted on 06/13/2016 11:25:56 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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You may have a virus/spyware. I use firefox and I use this on all my computers. SpyHunter I like the real time monitoring rather than just running it once a day. Catches a lot of stuff.

http://www.enigmasoftware.com/products/

Good luck


5 posted on 06/13/2016 11:28:05 AM PDT by Jenny217
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To: VA Voter

As weird as it sounds, check that your system time and date are correct. My Windows 10 laptop likes to jump the date a few days forward every now and then for some reason, and when that happens, I can no longer access any Web site that uses the HTTPS protocol (i.e. secure Web sites). Once I correct the date and time, the problem disappears.


6 posted on 06/13/2016 11:31:36 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: VA Voter
1. Clean the Firefox cache, go to tools, options, privacy area.

2. if does not fix, delete Firefox and download another copy of Firefox to install.

3. As others stated your virus program may also be causing the issue.

7 posted on 06/13/2016 11:33:01 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: VA Voter

Check your computer’s date and time, and make sure it is current.


8 posted on 06/13/2016 11:33:55 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: VA Voter

Sounds like the computer date/time may be off. Check that first.


9 posted on 06/13/2016 11:34:10 AM PDT by soycd
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To: VA Voter

Just a suggestion, and it’s settle several “headaches” I’ve had with Safari, have you installed/tried “Brave” yet? It’s worth a try if all else fails. I dumped Firefox when they dumped the guy who wrote the code for “Brave” because he gave financial support to the “normal marriage” amendment crowd.


10 posted on 06/13/2016 11:40:01 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America)
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To: VA Voter

Date and Time didn’t fix it.


11 posted on 06/13/2016 11:48:38 AM PDT by VA Voter
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To: Doogle

I hit a block with this as the recommended “Encriptions” tab doesn’t exist.


12 posted on 06/13/2016 11:52:12 AM PDT by VA Voter
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To: VA Voter

My anti-virus is Kaspersky and it just finished a complete scan with nothing discovered.


13 posted on 06/13/2016 11:55:44 AM PDT by VA Voter
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To: VA Voter

I am going to reinstall Firefox now.


14 posted on 06/13/2016 11:56:42 AM PDT by VA Voter
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To: VA Voter

Security certificate issues have screwed up Firefox.

My advice is replace it with Cyberfox/Waterfox.

You’ll be a lot happier.


15 posted on 06/13/2016 12:16:22 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: VA Voter

Have you tried turning the pc off and on again?


16 posted on 06/13/2016 12:36:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: VA Voter

Install Comodo Icedragon and copy over your bookmarks


17 posted on 06/13/2016 12:56:52 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: VA Voter

My No Squint text enlarger add on won’t remember it’s settings since i updated this morning.
says it’s not compatible with Firefox 47.0.
it reverts back to it’s original setting with every new page on my screen.
driving me crazy on this small laptop screen..


18 posted on 06/13/2016 1:09:35 PM PDT by mowowie (Press 2 for deportation)
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To: VA Voter

Sorry...did you get it fixed?


19 posted on 06/13/2016 2:01:49 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: VA Voter

I had problems when Firefox updated to v 47.0 a few days ago. After many hours wasted on help forums etc, I found that the problem was the update conflicted with my anti-virus software (still running avg, much to my chagrin), so that the firefox database files were corrupted during the upgrade. Answer: (i) uninstall firefox (I am running win7 so used the standard control panel) (ii) then manually deleted all remaining ‘Mozilla’ libraries in AppData etc etc (iii) temporarily disabled avg (iv) installed clean new version of firefox (v) re-enable avg (vi) you will have to recreate all your favorites and firefox ‘options’ and profiles etc

I’ve experienced no problems since with firefox and avg, nor also with Malwarebytes scans nor with Piriform CacheCleaner (despite what folks claim on other blogs that firefox v47 is incompatible with either).


20 posted on 06/13/2016 3:18:49 PM PDT by Mr Radical
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