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    McAfee Security Certificate warning??

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by NWDude, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. NWDude

    NWDude Newbie

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    Hi all
    I wasted half an hour with my bank IT's because I couldn't get into my account. But McAfee had poped up and warned me that this site was dangerous or had an expired certificate. Well this is a giant bank and they basically told me the problem was in my system, not there's.

    I tried putting their site in the "approved" list but to no avail. What's up? Did the fact I didn't renew my subcription with McAfee have something to do with it. Other sites have caused this trigger too. Any advice?
    :confused:

    Running Vista on Dell Vostro 1500
     
    NWDude, Aug 18, 2011
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Is your computer's time and date set correctly?
     
    namaiki, Aug 18, 2011
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  3. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Was the bank's certificate actually expired?

    And are you running an out-of-date version of McAfee (with license ended)?
    If so, I'd uninstall it and go for something else. Plenty of better (and free) options to chose from...
    Check my sig for some options.
    You shouldn't be running an AV/security suite that doesn't get updates anymore.
    Take action, really, especially if you do personal/banking stuff with that computer.
     
    Baserk, Aug 19, 2011
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    NWDude Newbie

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    Hey there:

    Great advice! Someone in the office had rolled back the clock a year (2010) to enter some old data...so I was operating in 2010. Brought it to present and wham, bang..........no more Security Warnings!

    Also took Baserk's advice and checked out the free security software.

    Thanks to both of you.
     
    NWDude, Aug 19, 2011
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