I had a few websites I visited regularly that would prompt me with a “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate” warning every time I visited using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Fortunately, I was able to find a way to bypass this message forever for future visits.
Fix 1 – Install the Certificate
- Right-click the “Internet Explorer” icon, then choose “Run as administrator“.
- Visit the website, and choose the option to “Continue to this website (not recommended).”.
- Click where it says “Certificate error” in the address bar, then choose “View certificates“.
- Select “Install Certificate…“.
- Select “Next“.
- Select the “Place all certificates in the following store” option.
- Select “Browse…“.
- Choose “Trusted Root Certification Authorities“, then select “OK“.
- Select “Yes” when prompted with the security warning.
- Select “OK” on the “The import was successful” message
- Select “OK” on the “Certificate” box.
Now when you visit the website in the future, you should not be prompted with the certificate warning.
Fix 2 – Ensure Workstation Time is Correct
Certificate errors may appear if the time or time zone is incorrect on your workstation. You might see the message “The security certificate presented by this website has expired or is not yet valid.” appear in this case. Fix it in Windows with these steps.
- Select “Start” and type “Time“.
- Select the “Date and Time” option.
- If the date or time is incorrect, select “Change date and time…” to change it. If the time zone is incorrect, select “Change date and time…” the change it.
- Select “OK” when done.
Fix 3 – Name Mismatches Setting
If you receive a message that says “The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address” with your version of security certificate error, it might mean that the certificate has a name mismatch. You might not want to mess with this setting as you want it enabled to prevent security issues, but if you insist, use these steps:
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Select the options gear, then select “Internet Options“.
- Select the “Advanced” tab.
- Scroll down to the “Security” section, and uncheck the “Warn about certficate address mismatch” option.
- Select “OK“.
- Restart the computer.
This tutorial is provided without warranty. Use at your own risk.
Alex says
March 20, 2019 at 11:08 am#2 helped. Thanks
carlos says
February 2, 2019 at 10:45 pmthanks it works the problem is solve
Kate Scott says
January 19, 2019 at 6:31 pmBrilliant thank you! Problem solved!
Karsten k. says
January 2, 2019 at 2:50 pmThank you so much, I’ve been so frustrated and it got to the point where it wouldn’t even let me look up soemthing without that stupid error, i had to take action. So i looked up everything and yours my friend was the only one that worked thank you so much !
Haridass says
December 21, 2018 at 11:37 pmThank u my friend…..
jhordan says
July 21, 2018 at 2:34 amthank you so much it works.
Shoot says
June 18, 2018 at 3:01 amThanks! It works!
Lugg says
March 28, 2018 at 7:21 pmI have been having certificate problems with YouTube all day (March 28, 2018). And it just started today. This workaround doesn’t help (nor has any other that I’ve found) because, though Internet Explorer is telling me that there is a problem with the certificate issued, when I get to the YouTube site and say “View certificate” (Step 3), I get a message that this site doesn’t issue certificates!!
Apparently, the problem with the YouTube certificate is that there isn’t one and Explorer (and Firefox) cannot accept that.
Please, there must be a way around this.
Ross West says
January 18, 2018 at 12:34 amThanks, for sharing this informative stuff. I have a Windows 10 and this issue has been solved for me. It works perfectly.
Kazimir Bendele says
November 8, 2017 at 3:11 amFix 2 work for me very well
Thanks alot
Julie says
October 3, 2017 at 2:48 pmyes, thank you sp much, life saver. x
Khizar Ud Din says
August 23, 2017 at 2:21 pmThank you very much for this useful information,problem solved
Brok says
July 19, 2017 at 4:21 pmWell, who would have thought that a refurbished laptop would come dated 13 June 1982!! Thanks for the much needed information.
K Prasanna says
July 10, 2017 at 4:20 amHi,
I’m not getting the option – Contiue to this website(not recommended). I’m only getting – Click here to close this webpage.
I’m using IE11. Please help.
Elana says
June 10, 2017 at 9:27 pmThis was very helpful! I forget if the date and time are not current, I will have certificate issues. The 3rd option helped also on sites that did not auto correct with the date and time.
James says
May 9, 2017 at 6:13 amThanks.very helpful.
bernard says
April 10, 2017 at 5:54 amFIX 2 worked for me!
Thank you.
Francis A says
December 1, 2016 at 1:36 pm#2 worked for me, thank you!
Tina says
December 1, 2016 at 10:18 amWhen I click certificate error I don’t get any place to click view certificates instead I get an information box
sagar says
April 28, 2016 at 9:38 amJan Jones @ try FIX : 3
sagar says
April 28, 2016 at 9:37 amIT WAS AWSOMEE…… all the resolution works
Thanks 4 ur info
Jan Jones says
April 18, 2016 at 8:00 amWhen I click “continue to this website” nothing happens so I am unable to see a Certificate Error message and correct it. Really frustrating. Have wasted so much time over this.
sanjeev satyarthi says
February 20, 2016 at 9:00 amI tried all option but in view certificate windo install certificate option is not available.
JB says
January 25, 2016 at 4:47 amTried all the above methods to no avail.
even ran malware scan, virus scan but still nothing helps.
zara says
January 19, 2016 at 6:03 pmthank u my time and date was set wrong thanks so much
John says
December 27, 2015 at 4:04 amThanks, the first fix worked for me in Windows 10.
raja says
October 24, 2015 at 9:01 amcheck for update for your computer