Apparently, Google Safe Browsing has had some problems over the past few days.
If you're using a browser such as Safari 3.2.x or Firefox that supports it, you may have noticed your browsing was slower than normal. Sometimes a LOT slower -- especially if you're on a slower Mac or have a slow 'net connection. The simple solution is to turn the "fraudulent web site" checking off. In Safari, it's a checkbox in the Security preferences. The vulnerability here is that you then won't see the pretty warning from your browser when you visit a *known* phishing or other malware web site. Not too worrisome, IMO, since there isn't any real malware [*] out there for OS X and most Mac users are smart enough to know the difference between mybank.com and mybank.cn. MacWorld has a nice article about Google Safe Browsing in Safari, that explains why its there and how it works. <http://www.macworld.com/article/137094/2008/11/safari_safe_browsing.html> [*] I'm not including the recent trojans, on the pirate torrents. I figure if you're dumb enough to pirate software, dumb enough to download it from suspicious sites, *and* dumb enough to give it your admin password, well.... FWIW, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
