Odd Safari Issue (Invalid URL warning on common pages)

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Odd Safari Issue (Invalid URL warning on common pages)

I recently upgraded to Safari 5 and have had some strange issues since. Several times since the upgrade when I attempt to log into Facebook, Twitter, or even access Yahoo I sometimes get a page that says 'Invalid URL: The URL "/" is invalid. It's followed by a reference # beginning with a 9.

Also, at times when I attempt to access Facebook, I get redirected to sites like MySpace. I never even use myspace so I don't know why this is happening. Same has happened on Twitter where I have been redirected to a random blog. Last night, when attempting to access Yahoo I was redirected to the Internet Movie database. I sometimes use IMDB but have no idea why Safari seems to be redirecting me to random sites when I have the URL entered correctly for the sites I actually want to visit.

Anyone ever have a similar issue regarding the Invalid URL warning or redirection to random pages?

MacBook White

Posted on Jul 4, 2010 11:55 PM

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Jul 5, 2010 6:36 AM in response to appledawg11

Hi and welcome to Apple Discussions...

From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences then select the Security tab.

Click: Show Cookies. Delete all Twitter and Facebook cookies. Relaunch Safari.

If you still have problems accessing either site, open Keychain Access (Applications/Utilities) Select Passwords on the left. Delete the Twitter and Facebook keychains. Relaunch Safari and try logging into one of those sites. If you still have problems, delete the, "Safari Forms Autofill" keychain. Relaunch Safari.

I get redirected to sites like MySpace.

Many Safari users (including myself) benefit from using Open DNS Free / Basic to avoid redirects.

Carolyn 🙂

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May 17, 2012 2:20 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I am having the same problem but it is aonly to facebook. Invalid Url. I have tried the above plus countless other ways I have found online. Please help.

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kcahrens

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Jun 15, 2012 4:48 PM in response to appledawg11

I had the same issue. My fix:

Open system preferences

Network

Advanced

DNS

Then I Changed my DNS server to google's which is 8.8.8.8

Fixed 😀

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Jul 7, 2012 6:34 PM in response to kcahrens

Thank you! This seems to work only I'm not sure if there is any risk in doing this?

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kcahrens

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Jul 7, 2012 9:22 PM in response to taralynn03

Not that I can for see. Basically a dns server is a big phone book that routes you to the website your looking for. So if you type in google.com the dns tells your browser where to actually go. So it doesn't matter what dns you're using as long as it works.

From Wikipedia "A Domain Name Service resolves queries for these names into IP addresses for the purpose of locating computer services and devices worldwide."

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Jul 8, 2012 6:33 AM in response to taralynn03

taralynn03 wrote:

This seems to work only I'm not sure if there is any risk in doing this?

I don't know why you think this could be a security risk.

I use NameBench to find the fastest name servers and Google servers are normally the fastest. If I remember correctly 8.8.8.8 is fast - not their fastest but it is easy to remember.

I have my own name server but it refers to one of the fast Google name servers for domains it does not know.

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