# Google doesn't load **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 2, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580 "2015-04-02T02:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/1 "2015-04-02T02:04:18Z")
Any suggestion as to why Google of all things would simply go bad for me, on Firefox and IE? Every time, I get: The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. I’ve no idea what went wrong. Gmail also loads wrong, and the login link can’t be clicked. Every other site works, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/2 "2015-04-02T02:07:34Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > Any suggestion as to why Google of all things would simply go bad for me, on Firefox and IE? Every time, I get: > > The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. > > I’ve no idea what went wrong. Gmail also loads wrong, and the login link can’t be clicked. Every other site works, as far as I can tell. Check the date that your computer has, when I see that error it is usually because the date on the computer is off, (usually a c-mos battery failing) and then the security certificates do not work because they are also time dependent. (Your time may look ok at first glance but the year may be off) ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/3 "2015-04-02T20:22:34Z")
No, my date is right… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/4 "2015-04-03T02:00:59Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > Any suggestion as to why Google of all things would simply go bad for me, on Firefox and IE? Every time, I get: > > The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. > > I’ve no idea what went wrong. Gmail also loads wrong, and the login link can’t be clicked. Every other site works, as far as I can tell. Virus or malware: that was the biggest symptom the last time I got a virus. You probably won’t be able to access Yahoo, either. They don’t want you to be able to do a search for help and/or an anti-virus or malwarebytes. I believe I righted the issue by doing a system restore since it hadn’t been long when I worked out what the issue was. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/5 "2015-04-03T02:17:56Z")
I agree with **elfkin477** that it’s most likely a virus. Here’s a link to a Malware Bytes download [Download Malwarebytes - MajorGeeks](http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/malwarebytes_anti_malware.html) It’s not the main Malware Bytes site, because often viruses won’t let you go to the main site to download. It also won’t let you install the file using its’ default name. If you have trouble installing the above download, change the name of the .exe file. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/6 "2015-04-06T18:44:16Z")
Running Windows Defender, which is taking hours and has no pause button. Awful. Will run Malwarebytes. But I discovered that if I delete the s from https://, I get Google. Is that a clue? ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doesnt-load/716580/7 "2015-04-07T20:08:50Z")
Posting this in case it comes up in someone’s search. Windows Defender struck out, but Malwarebytes found SearchProtect. Quarantining that let Google work again on a secure connection. Thanks to all who suggested it!