I have no problems accessing Adsense. What browser are you using? Have you tried using a different browser? If you can verify that you are, indeed, at the proper Google URL, the certificate belongs to www.google.com and is, in this case, provided by Thawte SGC CA, I think you can safely accept it.

Well I have tried IE, Netscape and Flock. Its just that that name "kitchensinks.nt0" is what is making me feel distrustful

And what about this showing up in my browser window?

"res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm#http://google.com/adsense"

You have to include www in the url.

Actually,

http://google.com/adsense

should redirect you to the correct and secure Adsense homepage. Try accessing

https://www.google.com/adsense/

directly to see what happens. If you are redirected to some other URL, or get a suspicious (or complete lack of a) certificate, I suspect something is wrong on your end, perhaps malware.

If you're running Windows XP, go to Start, then Run, and enter the following command line:
notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

See if there are any suspicious, Adsense-related lines in there. You could also try running an anti-spyware tool.

No idea what "kitchensinks.nt0" could be. Is that the name of the certificate? It's not the name of your computer?

No idea what "kitchensinks.nt0" could be. Is that the name of the certificate? It's not the name of your computer?

That is the name of the certificate.

It has also happened when I tried accessing my Blogger account.

As of today when getting into my adsense account it hasn't happen (yet)

Oh and I did do the "start, run" thing and saved the file. Didn't see any hosts names with the word "adsense" in it but I did see quite a few of them had the word "ad" in them - should I delete those?

Hard to say. I suggest you do a search for something like anti-spyware freeware to find a good program that will scan your computer for any malware. If that doesn't clean the hosts file, you could do it manually (search for something like clean hosts file to find instructions and advice on what to and what not to delete).

Glad it's no longer happening :-)

Well it seems to be happening off and on. Like tonight I tried accessing it on both IE and Flock and I get that certificate thing that mentions "kitchensink.nto". I'll probable have to make a copy of it all so that I can post it somewhere for people to see.

Hard to say. I suggest you do a search for something like anti-spyware freeware to find a good program that will scan your computer for any malware. If that doesn't clean the hosts file, you could do it manually (search for something like clean hosts file to find instructions and advice on what to and what not to delete).

Glad it's no longer happening :-)

I did the instructions on Adsense's help page and I'm wondering if I should just delete all of the lines in the host file?

Also too when it says re-start your browser should I just re-boot the whole computer because re-starting the browser just isn't solving the problem?

If you're sure enough you don't need any of those lines, you could consider deleting them. My hosts file only includes the default comments and

127.0.0.1 localhost

, which I strongly suggest not removing.

I don't think a full reboot is necessary after saving the hosts file, but a browser restart might be. If the lines you deleted reappear after a full reboot, you may have some malware on your computer.

If you're sure enough you don't need any of those lines, you could consider deleting them. My hosts file only includes the default comments and 127.0.0.1 localhost, which I strongly suggest not removing.

I don't think a full reboot is necessary after saving the hosts file, but a browser restart might be. If the lines you deleted reappear after a full reboot, you may have some malware on your computer.

Well the culprit did turn out to be the hosts file!

I did some altering / deleting of the host file but saved the original as a backup!

I also did some searching online about the problem and was able to download a file that can be used as a replacement host file - but I haven't used it as such yet!

I'm glad the problem's solved and as an added benefit I'm now able to see the adsense ads on my other browsers as well!

Thanks to you all that replied!

You guys are GREAT!
:)

I'm glad the problem's solved...

Something modified your hosts to begin with. I'd be a little curious to find out what it was. Unless you've gotten rid of it, it's still there.

Something modified your hosts to begin with. I'd be a little curious to find out what it was. Unless you've gotten rid of it, it's still there.

So far so good.

I still do have a copy of the original host file that I'm keeping - just in case......