What is C.MSN.COM??

Question

what is c.msn.com?

When I login to hotmail I get a certificae authority error asking me if I want to accept an unverified certificate for c.msn.com.........which may be a website trying to hijack the browser session.
Is this a bug with the browser? (it's with the Firefox)

Answer 1

I think this is the problem:

When I log in to Yahoo! with my notebook I experience the same thing. A dialog box saying the cerftificate is already expired in the center. But it is signed and corrected by Yahoo! and I think it is the same for MSN...

Just click ok until the dialog box stops appearing. Then, if you are really afraid of highjackers, then look at your Firefox window. Look at the bottom right of the window, if you see a "pad lock" icon there it means you are in a secure page (a page where no one else can see except for the current user). Secure pages can protect your typing from keylogging eavesdroppers.

Unfortunately, due to some new hacker ideas, "phishing" has been popular these days. THey will make a fake log in page and then when you send your e-mail add and your password it will be sent to the hacker and the hacker will do, anything to use that e-mail add...

Yahoo! added a feature that makes a computer have a sign-in seal, that makes you sure that you are on a genuine Yahoo! log in page, and not in a fake, phishing site.

MSN, on the other hand, haven't developed this method yet, and more vulnerable to phishing threats today. They say MSN Hotmail is more attacked by hackers than Yahoo!.

I think the big C is cerftificate. The cerftificate is valid, and Firefox might have a problem of recognizing it. Maybe you'll need to update your Firefox somehow? Or use a different browser, this never happens in IE. (Internet Explorer)

Answer 2

Who ever replied to this before me says it ony happens with FireFox and said it never happens in IE. (Internet Explorer).

Please let them know they are full of BS.

I use Internet Explorer and have the same problem.