Message: This Connection is not Private

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Sharper1942 Author

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Message: This Connection is not Private

I have been visiting www.kirkusreviews.com for several years but now am getting a message saying the site is not private and may be impersonating www.kirkusreviews.com. But it is happening only on my MacBook, not on my iMac and not on my iPad. It happens in Safari, Chrome and FireFox but NOT on TorBrowser. I've tried cleaning caches with Northern Softworks Cache Cleaner, cleared history, removed KirkusReviews from Manage Website Data in Privacy/Preferences and nothing seems to help.

Sure hope someone can.

Thanks,

Steve

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 9, 2019 2:13 PM

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Answer 1

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Eric Root

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May 9, 2019 7:17 PM in response to Sharper1942

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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May 10, 2019 7:03 PM in response to Sharper1942

You have so much 'security' software installed, it is hard to tell what might be the problem.

CleanMyMac, SecureMac, Intego, AdGuard,

I would start by uninstalling the above using the developer's uninstall instructions.

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Answer 3

Sharper1942 Author

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May 11, 2019 7:21 AM in response to Eric Root

I uninstalled AdGuard: didn't help. Finally I went to DuckDuckGo, searched KirkusReviews, clicked on the link they provided, and it took me where I wanted to go. I saved the site to my Favorites and it's now going where it's supposed to go.

Thanks again for your time and help.

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