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how to remove static.ak.facebook.com

All of a sudden when using Safari, no matter what site I go to it asks to confirm "Static.ak.facebook.com" certificate. What is this and why does it pop up on every site I go too? Is it a virus? How do I get rid of it - no I have not book marked facebook either!


Message was edited by: Most_Annoyed

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6), Mac OS X 10.6.8

Posted on Oct 23, 2012 9:51 PM

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Oct 23, 2012 10:56 PM in response to Benwah

I just passed this by my white hatted, 'network security handy' friend. He dug into it and it seems that this is a simple issue of akamai.net (a well established content delivery company) using a certificate that has Facebook's name in it, instead of theirs. Nothing to worry about, as far as he can tell.



More specifically, he says "it is probably an akamai ad hoping you're an iPad user with Safari instead of the Facebook app.

It probably is an add for you to download the FaceBook app IF you are using Safari with an iPad....It's a setup error. It's a BAD setup error that makes Akamai look like dummies."


It looks like the issue may already have been resolved, server-side.

Oct 24, 2012 4:13 PM in response to Most_Annoyed

I've been trying to help everyone with this problem in a separate thread because replying to the overwhelming amount of questions for this same problem is proving to be difficult.


If you want more information, and/or still need a fix you can get all the information you need on this topic here:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4463457?tstart=0

how to remove static.ak.facebook.com

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