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by donkenall

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My laptop suddenly revoked my security and I'm unable to go to any secure site, such as to check out and pay for an online purchase. My Internet Explorer properties shows Ciper Strength: 0-bit. I have IE version 6. What do I do now?
Don

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by maelgwyn

Have you completely removed and reinstalled IE? The problem seems that the files *could* have corrupted themselves (as all good microsoft programs do ;) ).

by enserng

Don,

Any other problems, what about any errors reported within the system, application, or security logs? Also, is that happening at only one site? Sounds like you may have been hit by the recently publicized vulnerability affecting certificates and security which Microsoft recently posted a patch to address. Off hand, would recommend a thorough virus scan, then re-installing IE, including all current patches, then retrying.

Hope that helps,

Nikk

by donkenall

No other noticeable problems, just IE. Never should have "upgraded" to IE6. Big mistake.

by enserng

Don,

Ah, well, closer to a possible answer...

If you press Help, and then about, what does that screen say?
Version:
Cipher Strength:
Product ID:
Update Version:

And, under Tools, Internet Options-

Click the Advanced tab, then scroll to Security.

Ensure check marks are in all boxes, except possibly the three entries starting with: Do not save encrypted pages to disk (depending on your wants and needs) the most important, more or less regardless of your site, being to allow both SSL types and TLS, and make sure the first three are checked.

Also, have you tried installing another browser and seeing if the same thing happens with those?

Let me know,

Nikk

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