I have been getting more and more frequent instances of “Avast has blocked access to because one of the issuers of the server certificate has expired”. The one that prompted me to join this forum and raise the subject is this morning’s …
Thanks for taking an initial look at this. The 404 error makes the whole thing even more puzzling.
Almost all cases of “blocked access” pop-ups have arisen when I have followed a link on a webpage or just navigated to a new page. A great many of them simply block an advertisement I wouldn’t care about anyway but quite a number are very inconvenient.
This one, however, was different in that I was working on something else altogether and it popped up totally unexpectedly.
We therefore seem to have two separate issues here and perhaps we should be careful not to conflate them.
Firstly, why do I get a great many of these pop-ups when many of them are probably spurious.
Secondly, what would be trying to find that particular site other than some Avast software trying to update itself?
Of course I understand that error 404 means that the requested page cannot be found and that the most common reason for it not being found is that it does not exist.
Could you please address the two questions at the end of my previous posting?
That certainly looks like a plausible explanation for the sudden rise in popups of this general kind. I presume that these will gradually become less common as server certificates are renewed.
The specific issue with browser-update.avast.com remains, however, and it is troubling as I have had seven instances in the last half-hour, so I’m afraid I need to return to the questions in my original posting, viz.:
Is this a problem that I can overcome somehow? If so, could someone please advise?
Hi Joe, could you please open Avast Secure Browser, go to secure://about → Diagnostic Information and copy paste versions of the browser, Antivirus and your OS? Thanks
That’s just to be sure what versions are you using…
Maybe the problem could be on your computer or router… Not sure. I suppose when you browse the internet there are no similar warnings. Don’t you have any SW running that could be monitoring network traffic (except Antivirus)? THanks