On 1/28/2018 2:35 PM, Henrik37 wrote: > Henrik37 wrote: >> Since updating my Kaspersky Total Internet software to the 2017 version. >> SM 2.48 is reporting lots of security certificate errors. >> >> Is this likely to be because SM 2.48 needs updating, a Kaspersky >> problem, or something else? >> >> Thanks, in advance, for advice, fix suggestions, and/or guidance. > > First, thanks for all the comments and suggestions. > > I upgraded to SM v.2.49 but the problem didn't go away. Then, the Xmas > holidays intervened followed by a bad case of influenza. > > Interestingly, Windows Update also stopped working about December 1, > 2017 on my Win 7 machine. That turned out to be a slight blessing as I > didn't have to contend with the bad Intel/Microsoft Spectre/Meltdown > patches that screwed up things for lots of folks. > > The fix I found was to deinstall Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) 2017 > and go back to KIS 2016. With KIS 2016, all of the security certificate > errors ceased. > > My suspicion - untested at this point - is that KIS 2017 contained a > preliminary fix required by the Intel/Microsoft Spectre/Meltdown patch > and thus caused some sort of conflict with an unpatched (i.e. after > December 1) Win 7 system. Who knows? Bad timing?
I read in some newsgroup (but I do not remember which one) that Kaspersky Internet Security had problems with several certificates. It is possible that was what your problem really was, not the lack of the Spectre/Meltdown patch for Windows. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> President Trump: Please stop using Twitter. We need to hear your voice and see you talking. We need to know when your message is really your own and not your attorney's. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
