Where did you install Firefox from? Help Mozilla uncover 3rd party websites that offer problematic Firefox installation by taking part in our campaign. There will be swag, and you'll be featured in our blog if you manage to report at least 10 valid reports!

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

I cannot see the padlock when I go to secure [Banking] sites. Can I be certain that I am accesing it securely?

  • 1 reply
  • 4 have this problem
  • 15 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

Ericfire
Ericfire
more options

I cannot see the padlock icon, when visiting secure sites. For example Internet banking site. How do I know that I am securely visiting them?

I cannot see the padlock icon, when visiting secure sites. For example Internet banking site. How do I know that I am securely visiting them?

All Replies (1)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

In Firefox 4 you no longer have the Status bar that showed the padlock in previous Firefox versions.
The padlock only shows that there is a secure connection and doesn't guarantee that you are connected to the right server.
So you might still be connected to the wrong server if you make a typo in the URL and someone has claimed that mistyped URL.
The functionality of the padlock has been replaced by the How do I tell if my connection to a website is secure? on the left end of the location bar.

See also: