root ca

About this tag
The root CA tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about trusted root certification authorities, including security incidents where root CA certificates were misused. Topics include the Lenovo Superfish adware scandal, which installed a non-unique root CA certificate enabling HTTPS spoofing, and the DigiNotar certificate fraud where fraudulent root certificates were added to Windows' Untrusted Certificate Store. Users also seek guidance on automating root CA extraction and installation for client certificates in Windows 7. These threads highlight the importance of root CA trust in Windows security and the risks of compromised or untrusted certificate authorities.

  1. TA15-051A: Lenovo Superfish Adware Vulnerable to HTTPS Spoofing

    Original release date: February 20, 2015 Systems Affected Lenovo consumer PCs that have Superfish VisualDiscovery installed and potentially others. Overview Superfish adware installed on some Lenovo PCs install a non-unique trusted root certification authority (CA) certificate, allowing an...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts

  2. Windows 8 Drivers you do and don't need

    Instinctively, you may believe that it is necessary to install drivers for your components, once you have Windows 8 up and running. This may not be the case, however, and historically has not been. If your device, whether it be a PCI card, a USB device, or even something connected to a serial...
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  3. More on DigiNotar Certificates, and September Bulletins

    In an effort to protect customers, last week we released Security Advisory 2607712 along with a non-security update to add fraudulent DigiNotar certificates to the Windows Untrusted Certificate Store. Today, we are releasing another update (2616676), adding six additional DigiNotar root...
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    Windows 7 udate to automatically extract and install root CA

    update to automatically extract and install root CA Hi, Is there an update to automatically extract and install the root CA for a client certificate(private) in Windows 7? Please reply to this thread immediately if anyone comes up with the solution.. Thank u in advance.