Every browser crashes!

[blue_tomato12]

Hey, I have a macbook pro running 10.4 on it, and ever since I've restarted my computer yesterday (it was starting to slow down a bit, but its better now), every time I try to load any kind of streaming video on any browser..... it crashes. Not hang, but your average annoying run-of-the-mill "crash reporter" crash.

Its starting to drive me nuts, I've cleaned up all my caches, private data, etc., same for the system, I've checked for viruses, I've reinstalled the browsers, and the flash player, and a few other things I can't remember right now :P

One thing that has occured to me is that this has occurred no matter what browser or company that created the browser software (like mozilla). Could there be a plugin thats interfering with the software?

Any help would really be appreciated, thanks in advance

[aicul]

Have you tried verify permissions?

[blue_tomato12]

I repaired and restarted my hard drive. Still a problem

[blue_tomato12]

YES!!!!

I fixed the problem when I realised that any program related to sound crashes (even changing the volume) I just tracked down my most recently system installed sound enhancers. If anyone is suffering the same problems as me, including:

- Browsers crash when loading anything with volume
- Video players crash when opening video files
- Finder restarts or logs out when trying to change the volume
- iTunes refuses to open

..... and other sound related application crashes, you may have recently installed a program called OSS 3D and restarted. This problem may be unique to me, but try uninstalling it and restarting just in case. And thanks for the help aicul.