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I noticed when I logged into AdCenter that the site security certificate doesn't seem to be configured properly. You'll see a little warning message that "there is a problem with the site's security certificate". The warning message in IE states that the certificate is from a valid issuing authority, and that the certificate date is valid, but that it doesn't match the site you are on.

When you look at the certificate, it is issued for help.msn.com, not adcenter.msn.com. Doesn't it seem like Microsoft itself could get something like that right? I mean, if it were my site I'm pretty sure I'd drop the couple hundred dollars and just get a new certificate for adcenter. And, Microsoft has their own certificate Issuing Authority, so it's just a matter of setting it up properly. How could you spend millions on a project like AdCenter, and not deal with a tiny little issue like your security certificate that has such a big impact?

If I add MSN adcenter as a trusted site in my IE preferences, that will take care of the problem...for me anyway. It seems there are still serious issues if you are using the MSN secure page conversion tracking code.