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IE: Bypass “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate” Message

IE: Bypass “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate” Message

July 12, 2015 by Mitch Bartlett 30 Comments

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.

IE problem with website security certificate

Fortunately, I was able to find a way to bypass this message forever for future visits.

Fix 1 – Install the Certificate

  1. Right-click the “Internet Explorer” icon, then choose “Run as administrator“.
  2. Visit the website, and choose the option to “Continue to this website (not recommended).”.
  3. Click where it says “Certificate error” in the address bar, then choose “View certificates“.
  4. Select “Install Certificate…“.
  5. Select “Next“.
  6. Select the “Place all certificates in the following store” option.
  7. Select “Browse…“.
  8. Choose “Trusted Root Certification Authorities“, then select “OK“.
  9. Select “Yes” when prompted with the security warning.
  10. Select “OK” on the “The import was successful” message
  11. 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.

  1. Select “Start” and type “Time“.
  2. Select the “Date and Time” option.
  3. 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.
  4. 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:

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Select the options gear, then select “Internet Options“.
  3. Select the “Advanced” tab.
  4. Scroll down to the “Security” section, and uncheck the “Warn about certficate address mismatch” option.
  5. Select “OK“.
  6. Restart the computer.

This tutorial is provided without warranty. Use at your own risk.

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Filed Under: Software Tagged With: IE11

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Comments

  1. Nikhil says

    August 16, 2020 at 3:37 am

    Thanks it works finally!
    I changed the date and time zone and it starts working

  2. FJ says

    November 7, 2019 at 8:53 am

    Thank you! A major nuisance has been eliminated!!

  3. john says

    October 26, 2019 at 2:44 pm

    really appreciated the tips you have given, finally got things soughted out regard

  4. Alex says

    March 20, 2019 at 11:08 am

    #2 helped. Thanks

  5. carlos says

    February 2, 2019 at 10:45 pm

    thanks it works the problem is solve

  6. Kate Scott says

    January 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    Brilliant thank you! Problem solved!

  7. Karsten k. says

    January 2, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    Thank 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 !

  8. Haridass says

    December 21, 2018 at 11:37 pm

    Thank u my friend…..

  9. jhordan says

    July 21, 2018 at 2:34 am

    thank you so much it works.

  10. Shoot says

    June 18, 2018 at 3:01 am

    Thanks! It works!

  11. Lugg says

    March 28, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    I 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.

  12. Ross West says

    January 18, 2018 at 12:34 am

    Thanks, for sharing this informative stuff. I have a Windows 10 and this issue has been solved for me. It works perfectly.

  13. Kazimir Bendele says

    November 8, 2017 at 3:11 am

    Fix 2 work for me very well

    Thanks alot

  14. Julie says

    October 3, 2017 at 2:48 pm

    yes, thank you sp much, life saver. x

  15. Khizar Ud Din says

    August 23, 2017 at 2:21 pm

    Thank you very much for this useful information,problem solved

  16. Brok says

    July 19, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    Well, who would have thought that a refurbished laptop would come dated 13 June 1982!! Thanks for the much needed information.

  17. K Prasanna says

    July 10, 2017 at 4:20 am

    Hi,

    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.

  18. Elana says

    June 10, 2017 at 9:27 pm

    This 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.

  19. James says

    May 9, 2017 at 6:13 am

    Thanks.very helpful.

  20. bernard says

    April 10, 2017 at 5:54 am

    FIX 2 worked for me!
    Thank you.

  21. Francis A says

    December 1, 2016 at 1:36 pm

    #2 worked for me, thank you!

  22. Tina says

    December 1, 2016 at 10:18 am

    When I click certificate error I don’t get any place to click view certificates instead I get an information box

  23. sagar says

    April 28, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Jan Jones @ try FIX : 3

  24. sagar says

    April 28, 2016 at 9:37 am

    IT WAS AWSOMEE…… all the resolution works
    Thanks 4 ur info

  25. Jan Jones says

    April 18, 2016 at 8:00 am

    When 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.

  26. sanjeev satyarthi says

    February 20, 2016 at 9:00 am

    I tried all option but in view certificate windo install certificate option is not available.

  27. JB says

    January 25, 2016 at 4:47 am

    Tried all the above methods to no avail.

    even ran malware scan, virus scan but still nothing helps.

  28. zara says

    January 19, 2016 at 6:03 pm

    thank u my time and date was set wrong thanks so much

  29. John says

    December 27, 2015 at 4:04 am

    Thanks, the first fix worked for me in Windows 10.

  30. raja says

    October 24, 2015 at 9:01 am

    check for update for your computer

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