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Get error message after updating to Windows 10: Secure Connection Failed Peer's certificate has an invalid signature.

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lmenzel
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Get error message trying to connect to Facebook after updating to Windows 10: Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.facebook.com. Peer's certificate has an invalid signature. (Error code: sec_error_bad_signature) 

   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.
Get error message trying to connect to Facebook after updating to Windows 10: Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.facebook.com. Peer's certificate has an invalid signature. (Error code: sec_error_bad_signature) 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.

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hey, if you are an avast user, please disable https scanning within the software:

  1. Open the Avast dashboard on the affected system.
  2. Select Settings from the left sidebar menu.
  3. Switch to Active Protection.
  4. Click on Customize next to Web Shield.
  5. Uncheck the "Enable HTTPS Scanning" option and click ok.

http://www.ghacks.net/2014/10/31/avasts-https-scanning-interferes-with-firefox-and-other-programs/

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philipp
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Chosen Solution

hey, if you are an avast user, please disable https scanning within the software:

  1. Open the Avast dashboard on the affected system.
  2. Select Settings from the left sidebar menu.
  3. Switch to Active Protection.
  4. Click on Customize next to Web Shield.
  5. Uncheck the "Enable HTTPS Scanning" option and click ok.

http://www.ghacks.net/2014/10/31/avasts-https-scanning-interferes-with-firefox-and-other-programs/

lmenzel
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Thanks.

Modified by lmenzel