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I noticed that I have to add the s to the end of HTTP:// on some websites or I'll get an error page. How do I fix it so that HTTPS:// appears on its own?

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Issue

Firefox is having problems with certain web sites

Description

I noticed that I have to add the s to the end of HTTP:// on some websites or I'll get an error page. How do I fix it so that HTTPS:// appears on its own?

URL of affected sites

https://facebook.com Yahoo and others

Firefox version

3.5.7

Operating system

Windows Vista

User Agent

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Plugins installed

  • -The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • Default Plug-in
  • npsnapfish
  • Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer DLL
  • Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
  • npkimi
  • Google Update
  • Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
  • iTunes Detector Plug-in
  • 4.0.50524.0
  • Office Live Update v1.3
  • NPWLPG
  • Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
  • Java Plug-in 1.6.0_04 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
== Issue == Firefox is having problems with certain web sites == Description == I noticed that I have to add the s to the end of HTTP:// on some websites or I'll get an error page. How do I fix it so that HTTPS:// appears on its own? == URL of affected sites == https://facebook.com Yahoo and others == Firefox version == 3.5.7 == Operating system == Windows Vista == User Agent == Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) == Plugins installed == *-The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. *Default Plug-in *npsnapfish *Coupons, Inc. Coupon Printer DLL *Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape *npkimi *Google Update *Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45 *iTunes Detector Plug-in *4.0.50524.0 *Office Live Update v1.3 *NPWLPG *Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers *Java Plug-in 1.6.0_04 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)

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What's the error? You can also try the https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere extension