IE: "There is a problem with this website's security certificate"

If you ever see a warning message in Internet Explorer v7's browser window:

There is a problem with this website's security certificate

It is recommended to report it to the website's support by contacting them.  They need to purchase a certificate for each Web server from a third-party provider. Or, the organization can install a Microsoft Enterprise certification authority in the Active Directory forest. Then, the organization can use this certification authority to generate a certificate for each Web server.

Internet Explorer 6 displays the warning message in a message window instead of in the browser window. In Internet Explorer 6, the user receives a message that resembles the following:
Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or changed by others. However there is a problem with the site's security certificate.

The security certificate was issued by a company you have not chosen to trust. View the certificate to determine whether you want to trust the certifying authority.

The security certificate date is valid.

The security certificate has a valid name matching the name of the page you are trying to view.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;931850

Published Fri, Feb 9 2007 7:40 by donna

Comments

Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:53 PM by DP

# re: IE: "There is a problem with this website's security certificate"

Paypal needs to buy a security certificate? Probably not. Maybe there is some kind of setting in this confounded IE7 to supress this error message.
Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:48 PM by Donatien Mulamba

# re: IE: "There is a problem with this website's security certificate"

There is a need to resolve this website's security certificate. Has it expired? Overwise I woud like to renew it.