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I constantly see a red circle with a white cross in it and the legend "Connection Error" in the lower right corner of my Firefox window. What does that mean? Should I worry?

I constantly see a red circle with a white cross in it and the legend "Connection Error" in the lower right corner of my Firefox window. What does that mean? Should I worry?

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There is security software like Avast, Kaspersky, BitDefender and ESET that intercept secure connections and send their own certificate.

http://www.ehow.com/how_11385212_troubleshoot-reset-connection-firefox.html

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/server-not-found-connection-problem

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-and-other-browsers-cant-load-websites

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-error-message

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/connection-untrusted-error-message

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

https://www.bing.com/search?q=web+site+access+denied

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER

This Connection is Untrusted is sometimes caused because the computer system clock is wrong. Check the time / date / time zone settings.

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Screen shot below shows the error. The white area is part of the Firefox window and the blue area around it is the desktop.