Safari 5.1.7 "Invalid URL" & "certificate not valid"-Google won't even work! HELP

I have the newest version of Safari and as far as I know everything else on my computer is up-to-date. I checked for a software update and it claims everything is up to date. This has been happening for a little while and started with the invalid site certificates. I never was sure if I should click "continue" or "cancel". I first was clicking cancel and continue trying to see what changed. Cancel would keep me on the same page (I think, if I remember correctly) and continue would usually take me to the desired site. But recently this problem with site certificates has been happening more and more on different sites (I believe it began on facebook; and on sites I use daily). I just tried to google the problem and of course a web page of "Invalid URL" comes up. So I tried to see if it would work on a different browser (Firefox and Chrome), I had the same problem on those two, too, which makes me think a Google problem. However, this happens on other sites, such as facebook, and the site doesn't work for a little while (usually a period of X minutes). Even when I completely quit Safari, this doesnt change.
I reset Safari tonight, and I've cleared the cookies, and I've emptied the cache, but nothing seems to be working. Im starting to wonder if there is a way to downgrade just one version of Safari to see if maybe this is a bug on this version of Safari, but I have no idea if that's possible or if it'll work.
Please help!

I hear ya...irritating as ****. It's on all the other I've followed th other threads and tried the fixes, so far nothing. Hit me up if you ever find a workable solution other than going back to a PC. :s You'd think Apple would've fixed this by now, cause they're supposedly very very very very good.

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