Can not get to any log on screens for any secure sites.

Ever since Friday i have not been able to log on to secure sites like gmail,
yahoo mail, any credit card log on pages, or personal banking pages. I am
running IE7 on a XP PRO X64 OS. I noticed there was a windows update for
security on Friday and can not get these pages to come up. Each time i click
to log on, or go to gmail for example, "this page can not be displayed" pops
up. It sounds similar to scenarios listed earlier by some people.

I intially thought it might be my eTrust AV but i disabled and still
nothing. I did notice that the MICrosoft Phishing filter reads it isnt
working properly when online. I tried adding trusted sites and turning
phishing on and off but nothing. Not sure where to go on this or if there is
a fix. Like i said, this all started after Friday's update.

Thanks

 

Hi,
Are you running a security suite/program from Norton, McAfee, etc? It might
be having a problem with an update.
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Try disabling browser add-ons.
See: http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
for troubleshooting information.
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Or, try the Reset button in Internet Options> Advanced. Note that this will
delete stored (autocomplete) passwords. Do you have those recorded
elsewhere?

If resetting IE settings helps, you may still have to re-enable browser
add-ons individually to see if the troublesome one can be found.
See: http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp

923737- How to use Reset Internet Explorer Settings (RIES):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737/en-us
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You could uninstall the most recent updates. See if that resolves the
problem.
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Something in this article may help:
870700 - How to troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with IE 6
[XP] SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;870700

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

I have had the same experience with web pages since a few days ago. This is
so annoying. I missed paying 2 bills on time because this caught me by
surprise. I have uninstalled my Norton 360 (which is another hornet's nest
of problems due to incompatibility issues w/ Vista) but now I have no virus
protection. Also did a system restore back to Friday. I believe these
Windows automatic updates are important, but I want to be able to pick and
choose. Is there an easy way around these issues, anybody?

 

Avast works fine with Vista on my machines.

 

i have reset IE7 numerous times and still the same issue. To answer your AV
question, i am running CA eTrust AV for 64 bit machines.

In the mean time i have had to use my IE 64 bit version to log on to sites
like this. but every time i try to view a video file it has to download to
Temp internet folder and then goes to win media player.