Undo Safari checking for fake URL fix

Irene · 04-01-2005, 05:59 PM

A few weeks ago when everuone was abuzz with the possibility of spoofed URLs fooling Safari, I did whatever was suggested to prevent that. (I think I changed some settings in Safari, settings not normally visible to a normal user). Later it was revealed that the fix, which often gives messages suggesting the a URL is spoofed, wasn't good enough. A newer Safari came out which supposedly does prevent the spoofed URLs from deceiving people. But whatever it was I did earlier still causes the unnecessary messages from time to time, for perfectly valid sites and I have to click OK a few times before things proceed. How do I disable whatever it was that I enabled since I don't recall what that was?

hayne · 04-01-2005, 06:03 PM

I don't know what it was you changed, but a good first try would be to delete the preferences file for Safari:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
( ~ = your home folder)

04-01-2005, 05:59 PM	#1
Irene All Star Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 928	Undo Safari checking for fake URL fix A few weeks ago when everuone was abuzz with the possibility of spoofed URLs fooling Safari, I did whatever was suggested to prevent that. (I think I changed some settings in Safari, settings not normally visible to a normal user). Later it was revealed that the fix, which often gives messages suggesting the a URL is spoofed, wasn't good enough. A newer Safari came out which supposedly does prevent the spoofed URLs from deceiving people. But whatever it was I did earlier still causes the unnecessary messages from time to time, for perfectly valid sites and I have to click OK a few times before things proceed. How do I disable whatever it was that I enabled since I don't recall what that was?

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04-01-2005, 06:03 PM	#2
hayne Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 29,448	I don't know what it was you changed, but a good first try would be to delete the preferences file for Safari: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist ( ~ = your home folder)