WTH, Google can't be trusted? What is this?

[Muse]

I have been fighting some issues, granted. Cleared CMOS an hour ago. I can't see that has anything to do with the fact that I attempted to do a Google search and got this: :whiste:
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This Connection is Untrusted


You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to www.google.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.
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What Should I Do?

If you usually connect to
this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is
trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.


If you understand what's going on, you
can tell Firefox to start trusting this site's identification.
Even if you trust the site, this error could mean that someone is
tampering with your connection.
Don't add an exception unless
you know there's a good reason why this site doesn't use trusted identification.

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The URL I had when that message came up was:

https://www.google.com/search?q=bio...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

 

[VirtualLarry]

Uhm, did you remember to reset your date/time to current? If date/time are not set correctly, SSL certificates will fail.

 

[KeithP]

Seems like FF may be having some issues, check this out:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939194

-KeithP

 

[VirtualLarry]

Seems like FF may be having some issues, check this out:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/939194

-KeithP

if you read that thread, the problem was caused by their AV software trying to scan SSL traffic.

 

[Muse]

Uhm, did you remember to reset your date/time to current? If date/time are not set correctly, SSL certificates will fail.

You're right about that. The time was off by many hours. Reset it when I discovered it. Don't remember if it was before or after this problem though. I have a neat freebie called Atomtime.exe that I use to update my computers' clocks. It's not automatic, I have to run it to synchronize. I keep it in my Utilities folder, accessible from my desktop. I only use the Start button when I have to!