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Accessing add-ons page fails due to https

SteveRichson64
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Since a recent upgrade of Firefox each time I use the Google Search provider in the search bar it fails because it uses https. I removed the Google search provider and attempted to re-install it but when I click on the 'Get More Search Engines' link Firefox attempts to connect to addons.mozilla.org again with https so it fails. It seems as though some recent update has switched a lot of sites over to https causing them to fail. This upgrade has turned the best browser I have into a completely unusable one. Please fix this TOP PRIORITY!!!!

Since a recent upgrade of Firefox each time I use the Google Search provider in the search bar it fails because it uses https. I removed the Google search provider and attempted to re-install it but when I click on the 'Get More Search Engines' link Firefox attempts to connect to addons.mozilla.org again with https so it fails. It seems as though some recent update has switched a lot of sites over to https causing them to fail. This upgrade has turned the best browser I have into a completely unusable one. Please fix this TOP PRIORITY!!!!

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Fixed it! Our I.T. department implemented WebSense and the root certificate isn't automatically installed into Firefox. Importing it manually fixed the problem.

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SteveRichson64
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Fixed it! Our I.T. department implemented WebSense and the root certificate isn't automatically installed into Firefox. Importing it manually fixed the problem.

Santosh Venkatraman
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Hey there,

I think it's an issue that many users are facing. Thanks for the info.

Modified by Santosh Venkatraman