On 1/28/18, Henrik37 via support-seamonkey <[email protected]> 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.
maybe because of this? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4072699/january-3-2018-windows-security-updates-and-antivirus-software does windows update work for you now? > 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. Maybe your KIS 2017 install didn't work quite right and/or KIS 2016 isn't playing man-in-the middle with all of your web traffic? Can you try this go to https://www.google.com click on the lock icon on the bottom right of the SeaMonkey window you should get a 'Page Info' popup with the Security tab highlighted click on View Certificate click on Details is the Certificate Hierarchy GeoTrust Global CA Google Internet Authority G2 www.google.com I'm wondering if KIS 2016 is intercepting all of your web traffic or not.. Regards, Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
