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Forum Thread: Verifying Security Certificate
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| retlaw2
| Verifying Security Certificate
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by retlaw2 on 2nd Feb, 2009 20:24
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On my other Windows XP Pro SP3 machine, cannot load Secunia PSI. It says "An error occurred while verifying the Security Certificate. The Secunia PSI cannot continue execution". I followed instructions given in a similar thread on 4 January for Internet Explorer. No change. My default is Firefox 3.0.5. Can't understand what to do in that browser. Could there be an incompatibility with an Add-on I have added or updated recently? This problem occurs before ANY browser is loaded. It has been working fine for months. On this pc I'm using Inernet Explorer 8 RC1. Hope somebody ccan help |
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| hatelogins
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by hatelogins on 5th Feb, 2009 10:56
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I had the same error, but it helped removing the proxy that my Internet Explorer was using |
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| derf
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by derf on 5th Feb, 2009 17:45
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I fixed it! Somehow although the Month and Day was correct my year had gone to 2001. Corrected it in the Control Panel and now everything is fine.
Derf |
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| ntony
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by ntony on 30th Mar, 2009 13:14
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By checking my firewall outgoing connections I understood that the problem was an issue related with crl.thawte.com
Well I surfed to http://www.thawte.com/roots/ and after have registered my profile I was able to download the certificate roots.
I installed one, ( Sorry but I don't remember what, nevertheless in the same web site there are instructions to the different needed solutions ) by right clicking on it and selecting install.
Then Secunia PSI didn't tried to go by itself to verificate the expired certificate.
Have good luck. |
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| ntony
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by ntony on 30th Mar, 2009 17:31, last edited on 30th Mar, 2009 17:31
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on 30th Mar, 2009 13:14, ntony wrote:
Well I surfed to http://www.thawte.com/roots/ and after have registered my profile I was able to download the certificate roots.
I installed one, ( Sorry but I don't remember what, nevertheless in the same web site there are instructions to the different needed solutions ) by right clicking on it and selecting install.
Please me that I sometimes have some memory lacks.
I installed the first two ones at the bottom of this web page:
https://www.thawte.com/cgi/lifecycle/roots.exe
By guys :-)
PS: Secunia PSI is a great tool!! |
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| puget1
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by puget1 on 31st Mar, 2009 00:07, last edited on 31st Mar, 2009 00:07
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Try updating Firefox first, the correct is 3.0.8 3-28-2007. Then check out this forum wspecially if you use IE8
Forum Thread: PSISetup.exe is not a valid Win32 application
For your particular problem there is a solution from secunia here:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal...
h I have pasted below with some corrections added in bold italics. The instructions were not entirely correct.
Here are the instructions:
I'm trying to install the Secunia PSI, but I get the error that the PSI.EXE file is "not a valid Win32 application". What does that mean?
This error can occur if the PSI.EXE file has been corrupted or damaged in the download process. To remedy this, please perform the following:
The file that was downloaded has the name PSIsetup.exe. Not PSI.EXE
Delete all copies of PSI.EXE on your computer.
Open Windows Explorer.
Go to Tools>Folder Options (in Windows XP) or Organize>Folder and Search options (in Windows Vista).
In the View tab, select "Show hidden files and folders" and select OK.
In the Windows Explorer address, go to "C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings" (in Windows XP) or "C:\Users\\AppData\Local Settings" (in Windows Vista).
The correct path for me, and the meaning of the \\, is here:
"C:\Documents and Settings\bleikind\Local Settings"
Delete the Temp subfolder.
Restart your computer.
Try to download the PSI.EXE file again.
This is the end of the instructions.
Of course, you will be downloading PSISetup.exe.
I note that in my earlier attempts to download this file, I worked in IE 8. All of those yielded the "not a valid Win32 application" error message. This time I happened to download that file using Chrome 2.0 Beta. This file executed correctly.
After following the instructions, and with the Chrome download, the new file executed correctly. It uninstalled my existing SCI and installed the new version. This version seems to be running correctly. At least it has gone off for a long time, working hard, and I hope that it is re-scanning my machine.
Hope this helps |
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