Unfortunately running 5.1 under Snow Leopard is beset with problems and one can't downgrade because the relevant installers then refuse to install under Mac Os X 10.6.8.
Anyway, the hacking issue. I've just tried to replicate what happened to me and I can't ...the links do indeed seem to work as intended. The problem happened in Firefox 6 and my immediate reaction was to quit, trash the app and support files and disconnect Airport. I did not note any of the details at that moment.
I subsequently searched the remaining cache files to identify the links that I drew attention to in my original post, the relevant code is as follows though I do not profess to be an expert.
N!FN!F7i HTTP:http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=safari+5.1+broken&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Qa9&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsfd&ei=_R 9_TsPfFoWl0QXXjJ3UCQ&start=10&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=87213740e194cfba&bi w=1550&bih=815&tch=1&ech=1&psi=_R9_TsPfFoWl0QXXjJ3UCQ.1316954397715.3request-met hodGETresponse-headHTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:40:38 GMT
Expires: -1
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Content-Disposition: attachment
Content-Encoding: gzip
Server: gws
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
N!FN!G @˜HTTP:http://www.google.co.uk/csi?v=3&s=web&action=&ei=RiF_TtnFGsi_0QX7pqDMCQ&e=17259, 17291,28936,30316,30465,30542,31803,32034,32271,32445,32459,32465,32538,32867,33 020,33022,33027,33046,33064&cp=false&imp=0&pfa=n.1,ttfc.155,ttlc.0,cbt.77&pfm=n. 1,ttfc.155,ttlc.0,cbt.77&imn=6&rt=prt.209,pprt.209,ol.209,jsrt.274,iml.210reques t-methodGETresponse-headHTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Length: 0
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:51:30 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: private, no-cache
Expires: Wed, 17 Sep 1975 21:32:10 GMT
Content-Type: image/gif
Server: Golfe
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'm n√òlU 23 ÿm^ ,øè»zh¿+zG *mÁ4 ‘üTx{@C S£ß:ZQpë£˝‡úı·,Ì £Ç¬ûëRf ù â+ ¬ a#4ò IÀ” uè”?˛⁄Y‚œÚØXc/€À„€Cr~NÒcP#'± è}K iMà=síóÔªgæºr¬%ŸVÏ7◊ Ÿ~á˘- N!aN!a MHTTP:http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=15&ved=0CEIQFjAEOAo&url=http%3A%2 F%2Fchimac.net%2F2011%2F07%2F20%2Fsafari-5-1-completely-broken-under-lion-apple- support-communities%2F&rct=j&q=safari%205.1%20broken&ei=RiF_TtnFGsi_0QX7pqDMCQ&u sg=AFQjCNFEksY1qxptxFuVErICOBOyDENbhwrequest-methodGETresponse-headHTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:41:05 GMT
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Fri, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Encoding: gzip
Server: gws
Content-Length: 281
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
charsetUTF-8 N!aN!b0—e±HTTP:http://chimac.net/2011/07/20/safari-5-1-completely-broken-under-lion-apple-suppo rt-communities/necko:classified1request-methodGETresponse-headHTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:41:04 GMT
Server: Apache
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
charsetUTF-8 N!bN!cNòkæ,Ω;„HTTP:http://www.fotonons.ru/images/17.03.11/bytigermte.jpgrequest-methodGETresponse-h eadHTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/0.7.67
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:24:27 GMT
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Content-Length: 11453
Last-Modified: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:25:06 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
<html><script type="text/javascript">
window.location = "http://www.google.com/search?q=hacked+by+tiger-m%40te"
</script></html> N!bN!xÇ% 1HTTP:http://77.247.69.68/.../404.phprequest-methodGETresponse-headHTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:41:24 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.0-8+etch16
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate
Expires: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT
Content-Length: 130
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
charsetISO-8859-1
I started at google.co.uk and only selected the link to the Apple Discussion, no other interaction. If someone can explain to me how by itself the link redirected then please please do.