text: First, to correct one of the last posters, Ad-Aware's website is http://www.lavasoftusa.com.  It's most likely a spyware issue, or maybe even a virus issue but that's less likely.\n\nThe reason this happens is because sites that have http:// in the front of them are using port 80 to communicate.  When the site has https:// that means port 443 is being used, and that connection is secure.  So there is something that is blocking, interrupting, or taking over the communication flow for HTTP traffic.\n\nGood luck