On 8/1/14 11:19 AM, HenriK wrote:
Trane Francks wrote:
On 7/10/14 5:27 AM +0900, HenriK wrote:
Trane Francks wrote:
On 7/9/14 9:09 AM +0900, Trane Francks wrote:
On 7/9/14 7:28 AM +0900, HenriK wrote:
Shortly after upgrading to SM 2.26, I began to experience SM-generated
'Untrusted Connection' messages for the bulk of the websites I visit.
Installing SM 2.26.1 did NOT remedy this problem.
About six weeks ago, someone raised the 'Untrusted Connection' issue about a
particular site. The comments made to that query do not seem to fit my
situation.
The problem is getting worse and SM now won't let me install a
'couponprinter.exe' add-on. I assume - but don't actually know enough
about SM
and certificate issues to make a knowledgeable judgement - that somehow the
certificate data base file on my machine is gotten corrupted somehow.
Can anyone explain what has caused this problem? Is there a bug in SM
2.26/2.26.1?
More important, can someone give me some step-by-step instructions on how
to fix
this problem?
Could the problem be fixed by simply copying the relevant certificate file
from
a working PC? I have SM 2.24 running satisfactorily on another PC. What
is the
name of the file I would need to copy and substitute on the PC running SM
2.26.1
In case it is relevant, I use Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 as my security
software but I don't think that is the problem as all of the 'Untrusted
Connection' messages seem to be SM-generated.
Thanks, in advance, for any and all assistance.
Henrik,
In Kaspersky, I had to UNcheck the HTTPS checkbox. It completely balked
access to any HTTPS sites. It is most assuredly a KIS bug, at least on
the Mac version.
And to be more specific, if I let KIS check HTTPS connections, Safari and
Firefox can access the sites fine, but SeaMonkey returns "SSL peer rejected a .
handshake message for unacceptable content." I think that KIS is fiddling with
things and causing SM to have trouble.
What version of KIS do you refer to? I have KIS 2014 and I can not find any
HTTPS check box. I am also really surprised that the problem I am experiencing
could be caused by KIS as all of error messages received indicate they are
generated by SM 2.26.1. Help!
I'm using KIS for Mac v1.4.0.1.46a.b.c.d. The setting of which I speak is found
at Preferences | Protection | Web Anti-Virus | Check secure connections (HTTPS).
Since KIS does monitor HTTP and HTTPS traffic, it's not a surprise that it can
get in the way of what the browser sees.
Eventually, I posed my problem to the Kaspersky tech support people. Again, I
was using Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) 2014. I did not experience the
problem with KIS 2013. It never occurred to me that KIS could be doing
something to Seamonkey until I read Mr. Francks comment. KIS tech support
advised that Seamonkey was not among the officially supported browsers with KIS
2014 but that I should note Seamonkey.exe in the KIS 'exclusions' list as a
'trusted application'. No explanation was provided as to exactly why this might
be necessary given Seamonkey's Firefox lineage. Whatever, this solution worked
and it apparently does not interfere with KIS' security functions.
This has been an interesting education for me and my thanks to everyone who
provided comments about any aspect of the issue.
This does not seem to be a viable solution to me. If Kaspersky is set to
no longer monitor activity by SeaMonkey, all your browsing happens in a
veil of secrecy. Web browsers are 'network-promiscuous' by nature and,
as such, cannot be trusted.
The advice I received from Kaspersky was to switch to a supported browser.
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