Certificate Errors

JMJsquared
JMJsquared
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Greetings!


During the past 48 hours, when navigating to some sites, like "economist.com", my bank's and when making secured (https:) transactions, I have encountered several certificate-error warning messages similar to this:


*To protect your computer, Internet Explorer has blocked content from websites containing certificate errors.*


When viewing the "errant" certificate, "BitDefender CA" is noted as the issuer and in two cases was "Not a recognized Certificate Authority".


The warnings are not generated consistently; that is, I have re-visited some of the "offending" sites and the warning I previously received is NOT repeated.


Any exlanation of what is going on will be much appreciated.


Thanks.

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  • JMJsquared
    JMJsquared
    Greetings!


    During the past 48 hours, when navigating to some sites, like "economist.com", my bank's and when making secured (https:) transactions, I have encountered several certificate-error warning messages similar to this:


    *To protect your computer, Internet Explorer has blocked content from websites containing certificate errors.*


    When viewing the "errant" certificate, "BitDefender CA" is noted as the issuer and in two cases was "Not a recognized Certificate Authority".


    The warnings are not generated consistently; that is, I have re-visited some of the "offending" sites and the warning I previously received is NOT repeated.


    Any exlanation of what is going on will be much appreciated.


    Thanks.


    EDIT/FOLLOW-UP:

  • JMJsquared
    JMJsquared

    EDIT/FOLLOW-UP:


    Since posting the foregoing, I learned that Comodo Group, the Internet security company and Certificate Authority based in NJ, U.S.A., was hacked. A person claiming to be the hacker :ph34r: also claims to have issued a number of stolen/phony certificates. Perhaps this explains the errors I reported, as the Web's "chain of trust" had been compromised and IE was "alerting" me to that fact.


    Please see this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/technolo...7hack.html?_r=1


    Any better informed opinion will be much appreciated.


    Thanks.

  • rootkit
    rootkit ✭✭✭

    Hi


    Sorry for the delayed reply.


    This issue has been fixed.


    Thank you for your feedback.


    Have a nice day.

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