Mozilla will restart the distribution of the Firefox 65.0 update once the issue has been resolved. The preference causes Firefox to recognize certificates added to the Windows Certificate store.

Other antivirus products may be affected as well but that has not been confirmed yet.įirefox users may also set the preference security.enterprise_roots.enabled to true on about:config.

The company will disable HTTPS filtering for Firefox in its products as a first response to the issue plans are underway to analyze the cause of the issue in detail and provide a full fix for the issue.Īvast users need to open Settings > Protection > Core shields > Web Shield (under Configure shield settings) and uncheck Enable HTTPS Scanning.įirefox users who experience the issue right now have two antivirus related options: wait for the Avast or AVG update, or disable HTTPS Scanning in the antivirus software. Avast, which owns AVG as well, plans to publish a patch later today that addresses the issue on their end.