# Is anyone else having trouble with Gmail and the security certificate?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 31, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490 "2010-03-31T19:53:07Z")
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/1 "2010-03-31T19:53:07Z")
I’m not very web savvy so I don’t know what it means exactly, but for the last couple of hours, I’ve been getting this when I try to log in:
> [@](#):
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> There is a problem with this website’s security certificate.
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> The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address.
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> Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.
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> We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website.
I’ve never received this from accessing my Gmail before. What does it mean? (I read the FAQ but still didn’t quite grasp the severity–or insignificance–of this prompt)
Anyone running into the same thing, or have any comments or insight about what it might mean?
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/2 "2010-03-31T20:14:32Z")
What browser are you using?
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/3 "2010-03-31T20:20:47Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> What browser are you using?
IE (our default at work)
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/4 "2010-03-31T20:27:15Z")
Ie 8? 7? 6?
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/5 "2010-03-31T20:39:07Z")
Not sure–how do I tell? (Doesn’t show anything upon start-up and right clicking didn’t yield anything)
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/6 "2010-03-31T21:01:52Z")
Do you see a menu item titled “Help”? Should be under “Help - About Internet Explorer”.
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### Author:  [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/7 "2010-04-01T01:16:58Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> I’m not very web savvy so I don’t know what it means exactly, but for the last couple of hours, I’ve been getting this when I try to log in:I’ve never received this from accessing my Gmail before. What does it mean? (I read the FAQ but still didn’t quite grasp the severity–or insignificance–of this prompt)
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> Anyone running into the same thing, or have any comments or insight about what it might mean?
Are you going to [http://www.gmail.com](http://www.gmail.com) or [http://mail](http://mail). [google.com](http://google.com)
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### Author:  [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/8 "2010-04-01T02:02:53Z")
I can’t stand Google. They had the nerve to ask me where I lived. It was a yes or no I won’t answer. I answered no. As if they don’t already know. It is probably my IT ex screwing with me.
i have been having trouble with [Landsend.com](http://Landsend.com) They ask me to lower my security level to enter their website. So after I log off I have to lower my cookies.
Have you tried going to internet options and privacy and raising to medium?
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/9 "2010-04-02T18:59:55Z")
All I can say is I was having trouble with it in Chrome yesterday or the day before, but it seems ok today.
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### Author:  [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-gmail-and-the-security-certificate/534490/10 "2010-04-02T19:09:25Z")
Check your computers clock/date. I get that occasionally when the clock on my computer resets itself for no apparent reason(i think the battery is going bad).