Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

How do I load a site anyway when it says secure connection failed?

  • 1 reply
  • 1 has this problem
  • 6 views
  • Last reply by FredMcD

more options

So my browser is *not* up to date, and I will *not* be updating it, because every time I do that, it screws up on me. The last time I updated it, I could no longer restrict the number of instances it runs, and it started hogging system resources to the point that I could no longer even watch a streaming video. Updating firefox again is out of the question.

That being said, I'm trying to load a site and it says secure connection failed and won't let me load it.

How do I bypass this and load the site anyway?

Thanks for any help!

So my browser is *not* up to date, and I will *not* be updating it, because every time I do that, it screws up on me. The last time I updated it, I could no longer restrict the number of instances it runs, and it started hogging system resources to the point that I could no longer even watch a streaming video. Updating firefox again is out of the question. That being said, I'm trying to load a site and it says secure connection failed and won't let me load it. How do I bypass this and load the site anyway? Thanks for any help!

All Replies (1)

more options

I stopped Firefox updating long ago when the add-ons I use would not work on the new Firefox versions.

As to 'secure connection' and all other such warnings, those have to do with the certificates sent by the websites.


There is security software like Avast, Kaspersky, BitDefender and ESET that intercept secure connection certificates and send their own.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-and-other-browsers-cant-load-websites

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-error-message

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/connection-untrusted-error-message

Websites don't load - troubleshoot and fix error messages

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

What do the security warning codes mean