Common Pages won't load on Firefox
The message:
Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to orise.orau.gov. PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR
The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
This web page ( https://orise.orau.gov/index.html ) as well as others have just refused to load ONLY on Mozilla Firefox 73.0 I accessed this page daily on Mozilla Firefox with zero problems until now. They do load on ALL other browsers however, I've always liked (past tense) Firefox and now it's driving me nuts. They do NOT load on any Firefox browser on tablets, phone, laptop, desktop. But do load on any other browser. But they did before. I have NOT changed anything other than Firefox updates. I do not have any extensions, add-ons. All applies to one internet provider and since the pages load on any other browser besides Firefox, I assume the problem is Firefox. I really liked Firefox until today. I'm at a loss, can anyone help with this, please? Thanks...
Modified by Dazed&Confused23
All Replies (3)
There is security software like Avast, Kaspersky, BitDefender and ESET that intercept secure connection certificates and send their own.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-and-other-browsers-cant-load-websites
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-error-message
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/connection-untrusted-error-message
Websites don't load - troubleshoot and fix error messages
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites
What do the security warning codes mean
Bing search https://www.bing.com/search?q=PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR
This simply means, that the peer or some middlebox in between (firewall) is terminating the connection.
Don't have any of them. Any other browser has ZERO problems loading that same page, but my once favorite browser, Firefox, all of a sudden, refuses to load pages that were once, last week loaded daily. I always used Firefox, had zero problems until this week. Any other browser on same devices has zero problems loading same pages. Firefox works on other pages, but not this one and a couple of other daily used, once accessible, but all of a sudden, not anymore, only on Firefox. Right now I'm using Firefox, but if I try a couple of "daily used webpages", they won't load as per OP.
Modified by Dazed&Confused23
Make sure you are not blocking content.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop