how do I remove Stags,bluekai.com pop up when using ebay
Just started getting this Stags.bluekai.com pop up when trying to use Ebay
Anyone able to suggest a solution?
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Where did you get avast?
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This is actually not a malware or adware issue. This problem is, unfortunately, normal with Mac OS X 10.9.
Recently, 10.9 systems began to have problems verifying certificates for certain sites. The bluekai.com sites, as well as the Oracle site (who owns bluekai.com), are among the affected sites.
I am not clear at this point what the cause of the problem is, but I have been able to confirm this behavior on a freshly-installed, clean 10.9 system.
Unfortunately, there are only two options available to you. One is to upgrade or downgrade your system. Mac OS X 10.10 and higher do not suffer from this problem, and strangely, for whatever reason, Mac OS X 10.8 is also not affected.
The other option is to stop using Safari and switch to Chrome or Firefox.
Note that Avast would only solve this problem because Avast, in essence, performs a man-in-the-middle attack on your system by installing their own root certificate as a means to decrypt and route all encrypted SSL (https) traffic through their software. This essentially short-circuits the ability of the browser to warn you of certificate issues, covering up the issue without fixing it. This also presents a serious security vulnerability, since A) Avast is intercepting all your encrypted network traffic, and B) Avast is preventing you from seeing normal warnings that would show up if, for example, a site's certificate had been revoked due to bad behavior.
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Thank you... this worked... this bluekai things been bugging me for a couple months..
thx again,
dave from NJ
Here is how I fixed the stags.bluekai.com issue on my OSX 10.9 in seconds without installing software or updates but first some details:
As other mentioned before the message appear because the Oracle https certificate expired in January.
And who has in stalled AVAST is not getting the error because it is facing https certificates to the browser as others also already mentioned.
But the root of the cause is that websites like eBay have links to stags.bluekai.com in there pages with no obvious use for the user.
So here is the trick: enter in the console "sudo vi /etc/hosts" or use an editor of your choice.
And add the following line (at to bottom if you want): "127.0.0.1 stags.bluekai.com".
That's it! And happy surfing!
By the way you should add some more websites in this way to your /etc/hosts that are linked in websites nowadays without any use for the user.
how do I remove Stags,bluekai.com pop up when using ebay