Got the Secure Connection Failed SSL Error? Fix It Easily

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Updated onMarch 22, 2024

updated onMarch 22, 2024

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You may encounter security-related errors while accessing a secure page like your banking page. One such error is the secure connection failed SSL error.

Several Windows users have reported similarerrors. Edge and Internet Explorer return INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE, and Firefox returns SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_ALERT. Some users have another PC with Windows 7 and experience no problems with it. Both PCs run the same virusscanner F-Secure and Malwarebytes.

If you are also troubled by thiserror, here are a couple of troubleshooting tips to help you resolve the secure connection failed SSL error in Windows.

How can I solve SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_ALERT error?

1. Check for safety filters

Disableapplicationfiltering on your antivirus

Disabling protocol filtering in NOD32

If disabling the application filter protocol did not help, try disabling the antivirus temporarily. Right-click the antivirus icon in the taskbar and select disable/turn off. Try accessing the webpage and check for any improvements.

2. Incorrect system time and date

3. Reinstall the web browser

Disable browser add-ons

Uninstall the web browser

4. Go back to the previous version

The Go back to the previous version of the Windows 10 option is only available for ten days since the update was installed. If the Get started button is greyed out, you must create a bootable drive using the earlier version Windows OS ISO file and then upgrade/fresh install using the bootable drive.

We hope this guide has proven useful in your situation. And if you areredirected to Google with a gws_rd=ssl extension, rest assured that solving this issue is also possible.

If you own a PS4 or PS5, we have a guide that will help out withresolving SSL communication issues on PlayStation consoles, so don’t miss it.

Don’t hesitate to share your experience with us using the comment section below.

Got the Secure Connection Failed SSL Error? Fix It Easily#

How can I solve SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_ALERT error?#

1. Check for safety filters#

2. Incorrect system time and date#

3. Reinstall the web browser#

4. Go back to the previous version#