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I use to have a lock symbol appear in the task bar showing me that a site was secure for entering credit card info but now its gone. If I click with the mouse and click on properties it says its secure. How do I get this symbol to come back????
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who knows?
But if the address starts with "https" the s means secure.
Just because it's an https connection does NOT in any way mean that it's encrypted. Without going through the HTTP RFC, I'd can bet that nowhere does it actually guarantee that a connection will ever be encrypted because the URL starts with https. That's a very DANGEROUS assumption to make and spread.
This is not a good sign. Tell us all the details and I'm going to write I would run this online scan NOW!
Scan with this -> http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
When visiting a secure website the lock should appear in the browser, usually the address bar and/or the status bar, not the Taskbar. Name the browser and we can give some advice, and name the site as well if you'd like us to check it out. It may be that there's a problem with the site now.
Let us know.
John
I'm using Internet Explorer (the one before the newest one).
Happens when I go to any site to place an order.
I tried it at several different sites, PayPal, Amazon.Com, Cd Universe, Deep Discount and it still doesn't show up. I shouldn't have to right click the mouse button and click on propeties to be sure that the site is really safe or not.
It has something to do with Internet Explorer. I had to install the
Mozilla Firefox Browser afew months ago because I couldn't log onto my Bank Of America Online Account using Internet Explorer. I have the lock in the task bar when I use the Firefox Browser. Also, how would I go about repairing Internet Explorer to see if that could fix the problem.
Vista puts the "Secure Lock" symbol at the top of the screen (to the right of the address box) instead of on the status bar. When you see the Lock, it signifies a secure (encrypted) connection. But just to be sure, before entering anything like passwords, credit card numbers, etc., click on the lock. It will verify who the site is. If it isn't who it is supposed to be, then close the internet connection and try again.
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