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firefox will not display websites properly or connect with the websites and instead shows an error about certificates.

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due to the fact that uploading an image takes ages and i don't have time for it to finish before my beard goes grey, i have supplied the links to the screenshots instead.

https://gyazo.com/239be705c99a4aa7febcce6932c9e7f0

https://gyazo.com/6a8d36aaae1da4b56a193b0940b2fc8c

tried every trick in your troubleshooter and none of them worked, reinstalling/deleting/resetting etc. nothing works at all. it is still messed up.

due to the fact that uploading an image takes ages and i don't have time for it to finish before my beard goes grey, i have supplied the links to the screenshots instead. https://gyazo.com/239be705c99a4aa7febcce6932c9e7f0 https://gyazo.com/6a8d36aaae1da4b56a193b0940b2fc8c tried every trick in your troubleshooter and none of them worked, reinstalling/deleting/resetting etc. nothing works at all. it is still messed up.

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thanks for the followup - do the steps from http://support.eset.com/kb3126/ help?

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hello, first please make sure that the date, time & timezone are set correctly on your system. if this doesn't solve the issue (or it is already set properly), a possible solution depends on different factors:

  • what is the error code shown under technical details on the error page?

in case the error code equals sec_error_unknown_issuer, please attempt to add an exception on the bottom of the error page in order to inspect the certificate like it is shown on the screenshot attached:

  • which issuer information does the certificate contain?

please report back with those two pieces of information. thank you!

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Thank you for your reply Philipp, the time and zone are set properly.

The error code is indeed the sec_error_unknown_issuer and when i check as instructed, this is what it says; https://gyazo.com/204530a13323f755c8c30c4a591b0625

So it is my antivirus and ive already done the SSL filtering trick (prior to doing this checkup) but still i get this error at times or the "not-loading-css-sheet-and-make-the-website-look-like-it-was-made-in-frontpage" issue.

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thanks for the followup - do the steps from http://support.eset.com/kb3126/ help?

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Thank you Philipp, that solved it. :)