A self-signed certificate is signed by its own creator. Because of this, the certificate is not trusted by web browsers. Users can continue, but have to bypass a security message. You can fix this by trusting your own certificate.
- Visit your own web site in Internet Explorer.
- Click on Continue to this website (not recommended)
- Click on Certificate Error in the red colored address bar
- Click on View certificates
- In the Certificate dialog, press Install Certificate
- In the Certificate Import Wizard, click Next
- On page 2 of the wizard, select Place all certificates in the following store and click Browse;
- In the Select Certificate Store dialog, select Trusted Root Certification Authorities, click OK
- In the wizard, click Next, click Finish
- If a security message pops up, choose Yes
