OS X Yosemite Safari 8.0 The Google Safe Browsing Service is not available message

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OS X Yosemite Safari 8.0 The Google Safe Browsing Service is not available message

Why am I getting this error message in Safari 8.0, Mac OS X Yosemite:

Under Safari-Security-Fraudulent sites, I have Warn when visiting a fraudulent website checked (as always) and today there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark that says The Google Safe Browsing Service is unavailable. No updates have occurred in 1 day. I have checked in the App Store and all software is up-to-date.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10), Safari 8.0

Posted on Oct 26, 2014 8:09 PM

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Answer 1

alp1116 Author

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Oct 31, 2014 1:08 PM in response to alp1116

This problem resolved itself after a day or two, but still no idea why it occurred in the first place. I have changed my browser on my iMac running Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 with Safari 8.0 to the new DuckDuckGo web browser that does not track you and so far I am liking it very much.

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Answer 2

Nov 3, 2014 4:30 AM in response to alp1116

Thanks for trying us out!

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Answer 3

Nov 14, 2014 4:47 AM in response to alp1116

Hi,

Your question regularly appeared on several forums , in fact I posted the question myself some years ago.

This is what worked for me:

in the finder choose go> go to folder and type:

/private/var/folders/

you'll find some mysterious folders there ( in my case labeled zz and 72), dig a bit deeper till (in my case in 72) you find a folder 'com.apple Safari'

Open this and delete 'SafeBrowsing.db'

After this the warning disappears.

I do this whenever the warning shows up on one of my computers - which regularly happens.

As for the reason of the warning - I'm sorry, I can't help you there.

hope this helps

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Answer 4

Jan 30, 2015 5:21 AM in response to alp1116

tratando de hacer otra cosa di con algo que es una solución. en la configuración del dns de la red cambiar los parámetros existentes por este otro 8.8.8.8 y 8.8.4.4 . dar aplicar y al regresar al menú de configuración de safari el mensaje molesto habrá desaparecido

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Answer 5

Mar 31, 2015 10:46 AM in response to Lowlander

This doesn't exist on my computer (I have a Mac Mini). Also, other interesting note: I cannot reply to this thread using Safari. I have to go to Firefox. Nothing happens if I try to type in Safari.

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