Safari "safe browsing" bug?

I'll try to lay out the situation clearly because I'm not 100% sure where the issue is coming from.
- macbook core 2 duo, os x 10.5.6, safari 3.2.1 (5525.27.1)
- trying to visit http://ask.metafilter.com/112449/Whats-with-the-anarcho-butt-flap from a hyperlink in Google Reader (RSS)
- safari's malware warning screen popped up (The website you are visiting appears to contain malware. Malware is malicious software blah blah blah) and suggested that I look at the google safe browsing page for kodim.net
SO...
possibility 1: I have some kind of browser hijack that is causing some links to try to redirect. does not seem likely.
possibility 2: ask.metafilter.com has been hijacked and redirects to kodim.net. also not likely. I tried to visit the parent domain (metafilter.com) but apparently they are down for maintenance at the
moment, but then I cleared my cache and tried to visit the original link again by pasting it into my address bar, and I got to the correct page.
possibility 3: there is an error either in Google's safe browsing API or in Apple's implementation of it.
I was previously unaware about the safe browsing features (new in this version of safari) and I wasn't sure I trusted them when they popped up (history of phishing "helpful" pages back in the day on my PC) so I did some research to find out if they were legit. This article http://www.macworld.com/article/137094/2008/11/safarisafebrowsing.html indicates that the method by which the filter works is (hope I have this correct)
- list of hash prefixes for malware sites is downloaded from google to client and each url is checked against the prefixes
- if a url matches a prefix, the full hash is downloaded and checked again against the url
- if the full hash matches, the client displays the warning.
now, I'm not sure if this third possibility is realistic, but 1 and 2 don't seem to have panned out. Is it possible to be attempting to visit a valid, non-malware URL, but have it false positive against a
hash for a malware site?
I would be very interested in learning an answer to this.
also a mini-rant: *** apple for not telling us about this new feature?!? why am I supposed to trust some random warning message that I've never seen before?!? grrrrr.
Message was edited by: Chris4d

Hi Chris
Any of the situations you cited are possible. This new phising feature IMO is still a work in process. Best way to avoid these types of situations is to add DNS server codes from OpenDNS to your Network settings, and refrain from opening web links from outside the browser. Also, deselect Safari's "fraudulent site" check in the Preferences>Security panel.
Go to System Preferences>Network. Select "advanced". In the DNS panel add on separate lines 208.67.222.220 and 208.67.220.222. Select "OK", then "apply".
Restart Safari.

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