There is a problem with this website's security certificate. ?????

LJW_2

Why does my computer say this when I try to go on certain pages?? What do I need to do?

Thanks for any advice

kwikbreaks

Because the site you are visiting is using https and has either no or an outdated security certificate.

You don't need to do anything other than avoid entering any personal info on the site. Probably best to avoid the site entirely.

tronator

LJW wrote: »

Why does my computer say this when I try to go on certain pages?? What do I need to do?

Thanks for any advice

Your date on your computer might be wrong if this happens on more than one site. Please check...

LJW_2

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Because the site you are visiting is using https and has either no or an outdated security certificate.

You don't need to do anything other than avoid entering any personal info on the site. Probably best to avoid the site entirely.

Hi, it happens on my facebook, ebay and bank sites. I can access them but it says not advised but I won't go on my bank site!! Do you think it's a problem with my computer?

kwikbreaks

It's going to be your date then - I'd forgotten that one

LJW_2

kwikbreaks wrote: »

It's going to be your date then - I'd forgotten that one

Yeah the date does seem to have changed. I changed it back but it stayed at the wrong date!!

Will try again now

LJW_2

Just changed it and it is fine, any idea why it had changed in the first place?

KillerWatt

LJW wrote: »

Just changed it and it is fine, any idea why it had changed in the first place?

Failing CMOS battery is the first port of call.

tronator

LJW wrote: »

Just changed it and it is fine, any idea why it had changed in the first place?

People tend to use the time/date in the systray as calendar when they want to check what weekday a certain day of the next month is. Then they click on that day and close the window... PEPCAK

Ximian

You could set the computer to use internet time so even if you did change the date/time by mistake or intentionally, the computer should resynchronise with the time source and change the time/date to the current time/date.

Tronator: Pepcak? I've heard of Pebkac

*edit, I thought I'd at least test the theory above and change the current date on my Windows XP machine to 31st of July, with the computer time synchronisation server set to time.windows.com with the hopes that the time/date would update and change automatically. Well, it didn't.
Info from Microsoft "help" centre:
"The time shown on your computer is too different from the current time on the Internet time server. Internet time servers might not synchronize your clock if your computer's time is off by more than 15 hours. To synchronize the time properly, ensure that the date and time settings are set close to your current time in the Date and Time Properties in Control Panel."

Microsoft can't even get time source working correctly