QKO

LOL, that's the funniest post on this thread yet!

:lol: :lol:

Just a note or two though -- First, as others have stated, you don't want to have two active anti-virus programs running on your system, they can throw up false warnings and do other things you won't like.

Second, if you're going to a reputable website, and a security certificate warning is thrown up, that's not always, or not even often, a problem. It just means that there might be something technically out of whack with the site's security certificate.

For instance, on our site, you can come in two ways, through quilt-kits-online.com or quilt-fabrics-online.com. Since the very expensive Verisign certificate was issued in the name of quilt-kits-online.com, if you come in through the other site name, which leads you to the same place, you might get a site certificate conflict, and you might not be able to see the site certificate.

Since both urls go to the same site, and that site is scanned on a regular basis, it just means that for that alternate url, we don't pay a bunch of money to Verisign each year.

Other errors that can happen are that a site just didn't pay it's bill to Verisign or McAfee, or there is a mis-spelling in the site name on the certificate. Or, they may be using a shared site certificate (lots of stores do this) and the certificate name has changed but the site owner hasn't made the necessary changes in the code. In many cases, the hosting provider doesn't even notify the owner that the shared certificate has changed.

None of this makes the site any less secure, so if you trust the site (use your common sense and/or email the shop owner and tell them about it, see what they say) then instruct your browser to trust the site.

clsurz

Are you sure it's from your virus protector and not MS IE. MS IE is outrageous for doing such things has mentioned. Since I know where I go is safe I just ignore it when from MS IE.

Homespun

I noticed yesterday that behind the blue of the message board my anti virus (Trend Security from Microsoft) had blocked the messages on either side and said they were not secure so blocked

pjnesler

Now that you mention it, I did have one issue with a link a couple days ago - didn't really think about it since I was automaticly warned to stay away from that site.

Dodee

Man, I didn't know that. Of course, there's lots I don't know and need all the help I can get. It's not doing that today, so when I shut it off last night, maybe that is what helped. I love this site and if I couldn't get in to it on a daily basis, they may as well send me to the moon.
Dodie

BarbaraSue

the only problem I have had is when I couldn't get on the board and then when I did, none of the pictures were transmitting/loading. that was a bummer. But the tech group did a fantastic job of figuring that out, and helping me work through the problem.
I haven't had any problems lately, though some of the off sites don't play or connect like they should. But that is not of the board, it is the extended site connection that is the problem.

maryp

no problems here

puppy

its the GREMLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bobbie1

Same with me.

justme CA

Interesting for so have I. I thought it was my computer.