My Laptop was locking me out this morning. IT guy fixed it. Now I can log back in, but Chrome won't let me access G-Mail or even Google's main page without telling me, "Not Secure," and giving me an error/warning message that reads:

Your connection is not private

Attackers may be trying to steal your information from www.google.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

I did some searching from my Phone-using Google LOL-and it appeared some folks just tweaked the day/date/time zone settings for the fix. Mine are already correct.

Can someone tell me WTF is going on and give me a solution to access these programs without having to wait another 90 minutes for IT to get me a 7.5 second fix?

TIA

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Posted by gtodds

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 10:38 am to GFunk

Check the date and time on your computer. if the date and time are wrong Chrome cannot verify the SSL certificate.

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Posted by GFunk

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 10:43 am to gtodds

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Check the date and time on your computer. if the date and time are wrong Chrome cannot verify the SSL certificate.

Thanks for the response. From my post:

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I did some searching from my Phone-using Google LOL-and it appeared some folks just tweaked the day/date/time zone settings for the fix. Mine are already correct.

This is a Browser agnostic issue. It's happening for Chrome & IE.

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Posted by SabiDojo

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:08 am to GFunk

Chrome gives me this to every website I visit. It's annoying

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Posted by philabuck

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:37 am to GFunk

If your company is using a Web filter/monitor application then Google is likely detecting that device as a man in the middle attack.

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Posted by Tigeralum2008

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:40 am to SabiDojo

Where are you trying to connect from? Would it happen to be LSU's campus?

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Posted by SabiDojo

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:49 am to Tigeralum2008

No. My office wifi. It's just me and another guy in here. We split it.

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Posted by Tigeralum2008

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:55 am to philabuck

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If your company is using a Web filter/monitor application then Google is likely detecting that device as a man in the middle attack.

I saw this last week on a network that requires MAC registration before proceeding online. The MAC had a duplicate entry with different DDNS names. Once the dupe entry was removed, they were able to connect just fine.

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Posted by humblepie

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 11:57 am to GFunk

Did the IT guy install new or update the existing antivirus software? Some AV apps have "web" protections enabled which scan your encrypted connections. They do this by being a middleman between you and your destination. You browser would detect this and display the message you are seeing.

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Posted by GFunk

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 7:45 pm to humblepie

IT came back by after I put in a ticket. Just needed to reset Settings in Internet Options of I.E.

As soon as I reset those, it resets I.E. to the default browser. Chrome eventually switches in the back ground some kinda way, or it may have prompted me and I absentmindedly say okay absent-mindlessly.

But as soon as I reset those settings and deleted browising history, all was well. Crazy that's how simple it is, but that's usually how it goes...

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