Safari 3.2 crash - how I fixed mine

Question

Safari 3.2 seems to crash under different conditions for different users. From what I have read, the most common conditions are:
a) incompatible third-party add-ons (e.g. PithHelmet, AcidSearch, etc);
b) Having the option 'Warn when visiting a fraudulent website' enabled in Security panel of the Preferences.
I am using a MacBook Pro (late 2006 model). In my case, I did not have any of the third-party add-ons that were reported to be problematic. And Safari was crashing for me under two conditions:
a) when I attempted to load any web page;
b) immediately when I attempted to select Safari's Security panel in Preferences.
This is what I did to fix MY particular crashing problem. I edited the 'com.apple.Safari.plist' file (found in ~/Library/Preferences/) using the Property List Editor application and created the following entry in the 'Root' dictionary:
'WarnAboutFraudulentWebsites' of class 'Boolean' with the value 'No'
I saved the file, started up Safari 3.2 and it no longer crashed attempting to load a page or when selecting the Security panel in Preferences. However, if I enabled the 'Warn when visiting a fraudulent website' option, Safari would crash immediately. So the problem still needs to be addressed by Apple as having this option enabled for some users is definitely a problem.
As a note, I have that option enabled on Safari 3.2 running on another Mac (a PowerBook G4) without problems.
Property List Editor is a free app and is part of the the Apple Developer Tools that comes with your Mac OS X Install Disc. Look for the 'Xcode Tools' folder and then the 'Packages' folder. The Developer Tools are installed by running the 'DeveloperTools.pkg' installer package.
Good luck, all!

Answer 1

I'm afraid I can't see the purpose of not warning against fraudulant websites. Your typical "this website's certificate can't be verified" dialog box obviously is not appearing on those websites that crash your browser, but by the same token, the fact the flag being on causes the browser to crash DOES protect you from entering information in sites that are not valid, or coded in a valid way. If you believe the website to be a genuine website of the said company that is causing the browser to crash, rather than hack your web browser to be LESS secure, contact the said company by e-mail and tell them they need to read http://www.anybrowser.org/ on coding more secure websites that also work well with Safari. Consider the crash a feature of security that just simply has gone a little overboard in protecting you. But at least it does protect you. Granted, it is inconvenient if you failed to bookmark other websites while the browser was open, but you can always reopen the web browser and browse the history to add those bookmarks you need.