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why do I now get warned yahoo is a bad site and firefox close it

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Yahoo has been my home page for years. Now when I open firefox to have yahoo open, it tells me bad site and close yahoo.

Yahoo has been my home page for years. Now when I open firefox to have yahoo open, it tells me bad site and close yahoo.

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Is that what the message said, "a bad site" ?

Hello,

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When this problem occurs, could you double-check the address bar in case your home page address was changed?

Could you copy and paste the specific message you are getting? If it's an error page, you should be able to select the message with your mouse and then paste it into a reply here.

If it's a pop-up message, unfortunately you'll either need to capture a screen shot or type it out by hand. This article has suggestions for capturing screenshots: How do I create a screenshot of my problem? Please cut out or blur out any sensitive information from the image before attaching it to your reply.

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There are other things that need attention.

your System Details List shows multiple Flash plugins.

  • Shockwave Flash 13.0 r0
  • Shockwave Flash 15.0 r0
  • Shockwave Flash 18.0 r0

You can find the installation path of all plugins on the about:plugins page.

You can check the Flash player installation folder for multiple Flash player plugins and remove older version(s) of the plugin (NPSWF32) and possibly (re)install the latest Flash player.

  • (32 bit Windows) C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
  • (64 bit Windows) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\

There is security software like Avast and Kaspersky that intercept secure connections and send their own certificate.

If you can't inspect the certificate via "I Understand the Risks" then try this:

Open the "Add Security Exception" window by pasting this chrome URL in the Firefox location/address bar and check the certificate:

  • chrome://pippki/content/exceptionDialog.xul

In the location field of this window type or paste the URL of the website.

  • retrieve the certificate via the "Get certificate" button
  • click the "View..." button to inspect the certificate in the Certificate Viewer

You can inspect details like the issuer and the certificate chain in the Details tab of the Certificate Viewer. Check who is the issuer of the certificate. If necessary then you can attach a screenshot that shows the certificate viewer.