Safari freezes going to cnet.com

[Markc1024]

I'm on the latest version of Sierra and Safari, but lately noticed anytime I connect to cnet.com Safari will freeze and require a force quit. initially, it was via search results, but once i narrowed it down to cnet.com, even going to that URL alone will freeze up Safari. I've tried disabling all extensions (java, adobe, etc...) to no avail.

Mark

 

[Weaselboy]

I'm not seeing that at all on Sierra/Safari on cnet.com. Maybe you have some malware or adware that snuck in.

Try running MalwareBytes and see if it picks up anything.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/antimalware/mac/

You mentioned "extensions"... have you also turned off all extensions in Safari preferences?

 

[Markc1024]

I'm not seeing that at all on Sierra/Safari on cnet.com. Maybe you have some malware or adware that snuck in.

Try running MalwareBytes and see if it picks up anything.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/antimalware/mac/

You mentioned "extensions"... have you also turned off all extensions in Safari preferences?

Yes, all extensions turned off and even removed.

Found the problem. After several minutes (5-10) it would pop up an error about the certificate issuer being invalid. If I tell it to accept, it seems to work fine afterwards.

 

[Markc1024]

Accepting the potentially bad cert is not a good idea either. Anyone have any suggestions how to properly work past this. Here is a screen shot of what I see if I wait long enough. Going to the same site works fine when coming from my Windows PC and Firefox

 

[Weaselboy]

Odd.... here is the certificate I see at cnet.

 

[Markc1024]

Odd.... here is the certificate I see at cnet.

View attachment 681547

Interesting, thanks for taking a look.