Fictional Google problem.

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
I've just spent ten minutes trying, and failing, to use any Google service. I was being told that their security certificate was not valid and it looked like there could be an attack aimed at stealing my personal data.

The certificate appeared to me to be valid, which just made all look the more alarming.

There was a hint in the warning that these 'attacks' don't always last long and it might be worth just trying again after a while - so, I went off to do a few things that required me to know today's date - so, I looked at the clock in the bottom corner, only to be told that it was the 2nd of November - now, I'm usually confident to within a week and, so, I was suspicious.

It looks like I somehow managed to bugger up the date setting when I adjusted the clock a while ago, because it was a couple of minutes slow.

The start date of the current certificate is the 5th of November, and I presume that's what made it look dodgy...

All is well now.

So far.
 

Noah

Well-Known Forumite
I had the same message with Google and a couple of other sites last week using Pale Moon browser, swapped back to Firefox and had no problems.
 

wmrcomputers

Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
Whenever a customer phones with similar issues, the first thing I always ask is to check what the date and time reports. Try shutting down Gramaisc and disconnecting the mains for around an hour.... if it's a laptop, also remove the battery for an hour too. Check date and time when you switch back on incase it's the CMOS battery (simple replacement if it is)

If it was only a week or two out it's more likely to be user error though, although there are viruses that can also perform such a task.
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
Whenever a customer phones with similar issues, the first thing I always ask is to check what the date and time reports. Try shutting down Gramaisc and disconnecting the mains for around an hour.... if it's a laptop, also remove the battery for an hour too. Check date and time when you switch back on incase it's the CMOS battery (simple replacement if it is)

If it was only a week or two out it's more likely to be user error though, although there are viruses that can also perform such a task.
...hmmmm......smallest child's tablet did this weird thing where it set the time & date back to zero at random, then it wouldn't connect to any Google type things....until we discovered & reset the time/date....I suspected a virus & eventually it died :(
 

Darren

Well-Known Forumite
Oddly Windows phones can also act very strange if the time and date are not correct.
 
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