mandm wrote:
I do not use third party plug-ins or other exotic add-ons.
Also, as a note, under the checkbox is the warning: "The Google safe browsing service is unavailable. No updates have occurred in 2 days". Possibly related?
I'm not positive, but I think that message implies that you
are using something third-party. I'm not familiar with the use of
Google Safe Browsing API with Safari, but it appears that you can get it to work by
installing Saft, and maybe by other similar methods as well.
I'm guessing your crashes were due to a conflict between the Google Safe Browsing API and Safari's new "warn when visiting a fraudulent website" setting, and that's why unchecking the box fixed the problems you were having.
I haven't had any crashes with that preference setting checked.
So at first glance it looks like your findings should help people with Google Safe Browsing set up for Safari, but this probably isn't an issue for people who haven't set that up.