Uninstalling Avast upset my browser settings

50Twuncle

I unistalled Avast, yesterday - in favour of Panda - this has upset my browser settings (both IE and Firefox) in that - when I open my home page (Google) - it tells me :

"There is a problem with this website’s security certificatre
The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority.
Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to trick you or intercept any data you send to the server.
We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website."

I have checked the security settings and have even added Google as an exception - but still I have to OK the home page before it opens
What else could it be ?

kwikbreaks

Is your clock correct? Sometimes a very errant clock makes browsers think certificates are out of date.

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Is your clock correct? Sometimes a very errant clock makes browsers think certificates are out of date.

Yes my clock is correctly set

Norman_Castle

50Twuncle wrote: »

Yes my clock is correctly set

And the date?

50Twuncle

Norman_Castle wrote: »

And the date?

yes date is correct too

Norman_Castle

Try changing your home page to something else. If that works change it back to google using a fresh link.

Sam_Fallow

It sounds like you still have an Avast component still installed, the web browser safety checker.

Go to your control panel and 'Uninstall a program'. See if there is anything for Avast still in the list and uninstall it.

Hope this helps

GunJack

and if that doesnt work, use the avast removal tool in safe mode (available from their website)

50Twuncle

Sam_Fallow wrote: »

It sounds like you still have an Avast component still installed, the web browser safety checker.

Go to your control panel and 'Uninstall a program'. See if there is anything for Avast still in the list and uninstall it.

Hope this helps

Thanks - that sorted it out !