Hi, ive made a VS pointing to an external website (they want a 'nice' url..). However, i get an error, giving The requested URL "[no URL]", is invalid.

Here's what i'm trying: i have an external website for our company, https://cb.my.workfront.com/ Everyone can use that fine with no errors; it shows you a nice logon-page as per design. I've made a VS,accessed through https, certificate on it; whatnot; pointing to a pool with the above site as a member. When i access my VS, i get the aforementioned error. What am i missing here; when i open the url in a browser all goes well; but my VS does not like it..?

Thanks

At least once a day on my work PC Desktop I will type in Yahoo.com or Amazon.com or any other valid popular website and all of a sudden I get the "Security Exception" error message and when I select to confirm it I then get:

"Invalid URL The requested URL "/", is invalid.

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At that point I cannot access that website at all. Then I have to clear all history and restart my computer, at least once a day and hope it works. I've scanned the support forum and I have done everything they suggest: disabled all add-ons (not that I even have any), reset Firefox, restart in safe-mode. Nothing works, it's very frustrating. It completely interrupts my workday. HELP!!

At least once a day on my work PC Desktop I will type in Yahoo.com or Amazon.com or any other valid popular website and all of a sudden I get the "Security Exception" error message and when I select to confirm it I then get: "Invalid URL The requested URL "/", is invalid. Reference

9.a2fc54b8.1345130184.5cbbba6 " At that point I cannot access that website at all. Then I have to clear all history and restart my computer, at least once a day and hope it works. I've scanned the support forum and I have done everything they suggest: disabled all add-ons (not that I even have any), reset Firefox, restart in safe-mode. Nothing works, it's very frustrating. It completely interrupts my workday. HELP!!

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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

• Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

• Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

You can try to reset (power off/on) the router.

A possible cause is security software (firewall,anti-virus) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.

Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.

See:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls

You can also do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.

See:

• "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked

You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

• http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684

Thanks for the recommendations. I tried just about all of them (clearing cache, cookies, checking for rootkit infection, turning off virus check software, disabling add-ons/restarting firefox in safe mode) to no avail over the last few days and it seemed it was actually getting worse. Then, finally we reset the router today (holding the reset button for 10 seconds) and looks like this may be the fix. It messed up some wireless connections in the office temporarily but I am crossing my fingers that it did the trick. THANKS!!

Hi, ive made a VS pointing to an external website (they want a 'nice' url..). However, i get an error, giving The requested URL "[no URL]", is invalid.

Here's what i'm trying: i have an external website for our company, https://cb.my.workfront.com/ Everyone can use that fine with no errors; it shows you a nice logon-page as per design. I've made a VS,accessed through https, certificate on it; whatnot; pointing to a pool with the above site as a member. When i access my VS, i get the aforementioned error. What am i missing here; when i open the url in a browser all goes well; but my VS does not like it..?

Thanks