Every time I load the site, I get a dialog box about an unverified certificate and an (apparently) fake facebook site that it wants to re-direct to.

UrsaMajor;841985488 said:

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Every time I load the site, I get a dialog box about an unverified certificate and an (apparently) fake facebook site that it wants to re-direct to.

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that might explain the difficulty some people are having w/ links. Could be that the re-directs are being blocked by whatever software is being used, timing out the link retrieval.

Yeah, I am unable to click on any of the boxes to reply. I've resorted to hitting tab on my keyboard to get to click on the response box, instead. This is pretty pitiful. As the old adage goes...you get what you pay for (talking about myself, here).

Don't know if it's BI or the ad services that are causing the problems.

Install 'no script' (or some equivalent) and the problem goes away apparently. I've had it as a plug in for years and I'm not about to turn it off to see what everyone else is encountering. No script is kind of a pain in the arse because you have to actively select which sites to allow java script on a pop up menu. I know there have been some pretty serious security issues with java script recently, and adobe flash in the past.

Right now, for instance, I use noscript to block everything and then manually allow bearinsider.com, and facebook.com and fbcdn.net. I'm a little scared green lighting facebook... I have no idea what kind of tracking they can do (I assume anytime that I'm logged into my account, they know if I look at any other page that runs facebook scripts).

The pain is going on some news sites that incorporate content from 10-20 different websites.... a lot of them out of control of the original website's administration. To get things to display and function properly, you have to manually figure out which ones are legit and which are essentially spam. There is a 'temporarily allow all this page', and a 'revoke temporary permissions' if you want to quickly read a page, but it does run the risk of accidentally running something malicious.

I started getting the same thing last night but only on my iPad at home. My wintel machine here at work - no problem.

I am able to click thru it on the iPad but it slows things waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down and is a pain in the @ss...

Hey guys,

It looks like your Facebook Share button is creating a really large invisible iframe (1000px x 1000px) which is why you can't click on any links. Essentially there's an invisible iframe sitting above the page which makes stuff unclickable.

In the short term, the fix would be to remove the Facebook Share button that sits up top next the Tweet button until you can figure out why this is the case. I'm not sure if the dimension are set by you or Facebook but if it's set by you then correct the dimensions and this problem should go away.

petalumabear;841985507 said:

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I started getting the same thing last night but only on my iPad at home. My wintel machine here at work - no problem.

I am able to click thru it on the iPad but it slows things waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down and is a pain in the @ss...

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Same here on my iPad. Based on some other comments in another thread, I went into settings and turned off the Java script option. That solved the fake Facebook prompt.

I have no idea what problems that will cause going forward...

Can you guys post a screenshot of this fake Facebook certificate you're seeing?

Tedford's minions have launced a cyber attack to silence the maddess on BI.

I"m having the same problem...can't click on links when using Firefox so I went to explorer which I never use and I can open the links...but it sucks cause I can't use firefox today for BI

bearister;841985522 said:

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Tedford's minions have launced a cyber attack to silence the maddess on BI.

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Your internets are belong to us. -- :tedford

UrsaMajor;841985488 said:

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Every time I load the site, I get a dialog box about an unverified certificate and an (apparently) fake facebook site that it wants to re-direct to.

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Same problem. I have read Colorado's response and complex. Not sure I wish to go there. With so many having the problem is BI looking into it? Do not see a response from any of the moderators yet. It's OK if it is not fixed immediately, but I just would like to know if it is recognized and being worked on. It obviously does not sound like an individual's computer problem with it happening only on BI and happening with a number of users. Help would be appreciated.

Same thing here on my Imac.

I have the problem in Safari with the certificate drop down box, also problems with the first several threads unable to click on (intermittent) but having none of these problems with Firefox. This is all on Mac.

I have AdBlock setup (Safari), and I was also having some problems with links not working. I would have to reload the page for the links to become clickable, and yesterday clicking some of those links would give me a phishing/unsigned certificate warning from a supposed FB server.

MoragaBear, should I be seeing ads as a subscriber? I didn't realize until reading this thread that I do see ads but not sure if everyone should/does, regardless of subscribing or not. Thanks.

Chrome is running flawlessly with no pop-ups, or any glitches for that matter.

OdontoBear66;841985530 said:

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Same problem. I have read Colorado's response and complex. Not sure I wish to go there.

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Yeah it's not that simple to say the least. After a while, most things you do run smoothly because it remembers which sites you manually 'green light', so after awhile there isn't much to do for regularly visited sites.

From freshfunk, it sounds like there is something in the javascript for some facebook link... who knows who controls it (BI or facebook), and an ad blocker might not get rid of the problem, but disabling javascript entirely could solve it w/o downloading and installing noscript. noscript is basically just disabling java (or flash) on a case by case basis.

We are looking into the problem.

The more information that you can give us, the better.


Don't know if this will work, but try running CCleaner. You can download it for free here http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

I will remove the Facebook Share button. Let us know if that helps.

freshfunk;841985512 said:

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Hey guys,

It looks like your Facebook Share button is creating a really large invisible iframe (1000px x 1000px) which is why you can't click on any links. Essentially there's an invisible iframe sitting above the page which makes stuff unclickable.

In the short term, the fix would be to remove the Facebook Share button that sits up top next the Tweet button until you can figure out why this is the case. I'm not sure if the dimension are set by you or Facebook but if it's set by you then correct the dimensions and this problem should go away.

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Calfans;841985588 said:

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I will remove the Facebook Share button. Let us know if that helps.

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No clicking problem right now.

Beautiful - a theory fits the facts. Perfect.

I'll email you for a few more details.

=GB

freshfunk;841985520 said:

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Can you guys post a screenshot of this fake Facebook certificate you're seeing?

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It's not happening right now but this was popping up early today and last night using Safari.

Thanks for the image.

Can you please try blocking Facebook Cookies and see if that helps?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383203092034876.html

GreyBear;841985685 said:

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Beautiful - a theory fits the facts. Perfect.

I'll email you for a few more details.

=GB

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hehehe. Not to sound cocky but it wasn't so much theory as fact.

In modern day browsers, you can directly modify HTML that is sent to you. When I modified the size, I noticed it was working again.

There's no need to delete Facebook cookies. I doubt that's the issue.

No script also turns off javascript. It's not a great solution since all modern websites use some javascript. I would turn it back on (assuming you have a modern browser and not on something old like IE 6).

LACalFan;841985708 said:

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It's not happening right now but this was popping up early today and last night using Safari.

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As mentioned on the other thread, this isn't likely hack. static.ak.facebook.com is a valid address used by Facebook to serve static assets (eg. images, javascript). It's odd to get this error/prompt and I'm not sure why that's happening.

If it went away, I wouldn't worry about it. Are you on a modern version of Safari?

A quick google search turned this up if you're still getting the error: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4463457?tstart=0

This has been reported time and time again mainly on the premium boards while posters are at work and using their respective company ad blocking software (usually with IE or Chrome). Same problems and same results. Copies of scripts have also been posted and sent to the admin team.

It's a work in progress...

FWIW...I use firefox with ad block and have never had a problem viewing from my home PC using any windows platforms. I also use I-Phone at times and never have had any problems...

FYI, the certificate issue was a problem with Akamai (which distributes content):

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57538839-263/safari-users-hit-by-facebook-certificate-error/

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Currently it appears Akamai has fixed the issue and a certificate is no longer associated with the connection, so the image should show up normally when accessed

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freshfunk;841986038 said:

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FYI, the certificate issue was a problem with Akamai (which distributes content):

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57538839-263/safari-users-hit-by-facebook-certificate-error/

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Thanks for the info., that was super annoying.

Things seem to be working quite well today. I waited awhile before posting this. Hope I did not jinx myself.