When in Safari/Preferences/Security, I see the message "The Google Safe Browsing Service is unavailable", under the fraudulent sites checkbox to Warn when visiting a fraudulent website. Why is this appearing and how can this be corrected so that Google Safe Browsing is working again?
Thank you.
Linda
Aperture 3, Mac OS 9.1.x
Safe Mode deletes system caches that may help ...
Startup your Mac in Safe Mode
A Safe Mode boot takes much longer than a normal boot so be patient.
Once you are in Safe Mode, click the Apple top left in your screen.
From the drop down menu click: Restart...
Then try Safari.
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
and uncheck the box marked
Warn when visiting a fraudulent website
Then check the box again. Wait a minute or so and test.
Thank you, I saw that in a previous post and had tried it, but the message just comes back again.
Thank you, I will try this & let you know if it worked.
Sometimes the service actually is unavailable. How long have you been getting the alerts?
I don't know. I only noticed it because I went into Safari Preferences to make some changes. The iMac says the Google Safe Browsing has been unavailable for one day, but my MacBookPro says it has been unavailable for 106 days.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
mv $TMPDIR../C/com.apple.Safari/SafeBrowsing.db /tmp/
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. Log out or restart the computer and test.
How do I fix the "Google Safe Browsing Service is unavailable" under the Warn when visiting a fraudulent website checkbox, when in Safari/preferences/security?
