Possible causes of the broken certificates chain:
The certificates in between are used for verification of other certificates in the chain. The certificates are checked in a chain from the self-signed certificate to the trusted root certificate issued by the certification authority. For instructions on updating root certificates on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, see below. To see on which Windows root certificate the website certificate is based, click View certificate in the warning message ang go to the Certification Path tab. For example, the DST Root CA X3 certificate, on which website certificates in a browser are based, expired on September 30, 2021.
See the guide on how to allow opening the website once below. Next time you will see the warning again. If the website is not among those you visit regularly, you can allow opening it for the current session. We do not recommend disabling the encrypted connections scanning completely, as it will reduce you computer's protection level.
Note that the directory should only contain one game.bin and game.cer file, if multiple files exist remove them, followed by the install validation mentioned above.
For games which don't follow this convention you should look for the Certificates directory through search. The catalogue is stored under /EasyAntiCheat/Certificates/ for most games. Should this not help, doing the same for the catalogue itself helps. This results in the file being redownloaded. It's recommended to remove the file, followed by validating the game installation through the used distribution platform, e.g. This means the file's current contents don't match with what we're expecting. An unknown version of a file that is part of the game installation has been loaded from the game directory.