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I keep getting this message: Secure Connection Failed ... in most of the websites I usually use such as hostmonster, amtrak and my gmail. How can I stop this?

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It is happening to most of the websites I usually use such as hostmonster, amtrak and my gmail. How can I stop this? There is no advanced option ... the following is what I get:

Secure Connection Failed

The connection to my.hostmonster.com was interrupted while the page was loading.

   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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It is happening to most of the websites I usually use such as hostmonster, amtrak and my gmail. How can I stop this? There is no advanced option ... the following is what I get: Secure Connection Failed The connection to my.hostmonster.com was interrupted while the page was loading. 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. Learn more… Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify and block malicious sites

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

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

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites


Often, "Secure Connection Failed" means "Connection Failed (trying to load a secure page)". In other words, not a security problem, just a connection problem.