PayPal Certificate Warning

[Admin Jaap]

I got an email from Rollingthunder:

Hi,

 

I've recently been getting a PayPal site certificate popup warning box whenever I visit the v11lemans forums. You might want to let the web people know before Paypal find out! If you can send me an email address I'll send you a screen shot of the warning.

 

Cheers,

 

RollingThunder

 

I did some searching and it seems that the problem lies with certificates on your PC that are not up to date. Here's what the PayPal site sais:

Q: What is the Security Certificate Warning?

 

A: PayPal has renewed our Security Certificate and it will be valid from 3/12/2002 to 3/12/2004. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer and are receiving a security alert message stating, "The certificate has expired or is not yet valid" when attempting to access a secure website like https://www.paypal.com, your web browser may not have the newest root certificates installed.

 

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

 

Please ensure that you are accessing PayPal directly at https://www.paypal.com (rather than a Bookmark or Favorite) and make sure your computer's date and time are correct by clicking Start, Settings, Control Panel and double-click Date/Time

If you are still receiving this warning, update your web browser's Trusted Root Certification Authorities certificate store by following these steps:

 

Go to Microsoft's Windows Update and click Product Updates. Next, click the Yes button when asked to download the update. Microsoft will create a customized update package for your web browser, which should include a CA Root update. This can usually be found under the heading Recommended Updates. If you have problems with updating your certificate, visit Microsoft's Internet Support Center

If this does not resolve the issue, try to install the newest root certificates from Verisign at https://www.verisign.com/support/site/update.html. Click Accept and follow the instructions for installation.

 

Finally, if you are still receiving this warning, you should consider upgrading to a newer version of your web browser.