Quicktime7.4.1 Update then ReportCrash goes loopy

Since letting Software Update install Quicktime 7.4.1 and a couple of
other updates (to Apple Pro applications) this evening, my Intel Core
Duo iMac/Os 10.5.1 has been misbehaving. Rebooted after the install and
ran Repair Permissions then tried to open QuickTime Player which hung
for about 5 minutes before opening and then suddenly quitting. At the
same time I notice that my CPU is beng spiked every few seconds by a
process called ReportCrash and there seems to be nothing I can do to
stop it.

Console app is updating in time with each spike, repeating over and
over, as below:

06/02/2008 23:43:24 Dock[150] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed -308
06/02/2008 23:43:24 com.apple.launchd[138]
([0x0-0x121121].com.apple.systemuiserver[1034]) Exited abnormally: Bus
error
06/02/2008 23:43:29 SystemUIServer[1037] Normally QCMenuExtra would not
have been loaded as a Menu Extra.
06/02/2008 23:43:31 Dock[150] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed -308
06/02/2008 23:43:31 com.apple.launchd[138]
([0x0-0x122122].com.apple.systemuiserver[1037]) Exited abnormally: Bus
error
06/02/2008 23:43:32 [0x0-0x19019].com.finderpop.fp-injector[186]
FinderPop-i386-20928: Patching 'Console' 0:123123 (CF)
06/02/2008 23:43:36 SystemUIServer[1042] Normally QCMenuExtra would not
have been loaded as a Menu Extra.
06/02/2008 23:43:38 Dock[150] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed -308
06/02/2008 23:43:38 com.apple.launchd[138]
([0x0-0x124124].com.apple.systemuiserver[1042]) Exited abnormally: Bus
error
06/02/2008 23:43:43 SystemUIServer[1045] Normally QCMenuExtra would not
have been loaded as a Menu Extra.
06/02/2008 23:43:45 Dock[150] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed -308
06/02/2008 23:43:45 com.apple.launchd[138]
([0x0-0x125125].com.apple.systemuiserver[1045]) Exited abnormally: Bus
error
06/02/2008 23:43:50 SystemUIServer[1047] Normally QCMenuExtra would not
have been loaded as a Menu Extra.
06/02/2008 23:43:52 Dock[150] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed -308
06/02/2008 23:43:52 com.apple.launchd[138]
([0x0-0x126126].com.apple.systemuiserver[1047]) Exited abnormally: Bus
error
06/02/2008 23:43:57 SystemUIServer[1051] Normally QCMenuExtra would not
have been loaded as a Menu Extra.
06/02/2008 23:43:59 Dock[150] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed -308

If anyone can explain what has happened to my previously smooth-running
Os, and how to fix it, I would be most grateful.

Stan

On 2008-02-06 23:58:37 +0000, Stan The Man said:

> Since letting Software Update install Quicktime 7.4.1 and a couple of
> other updates (to Apple Pro applications) this evening, my Intel Core
> Duo iMac/Os 10.5.1 has been misbehaving. Rebooted after the install and
> ran Repair Permissions then tried to open QuickTime Player which hung
> for about 5 minutes before opening and then suddenly quitting. At the
> same time I notice that my CPU is beng spiked every few seconds by a
> process called ReportCrash and there seems to be nothing I can do to
> stop it.
>
> Console app is updating in time with each spike, repeating over and
> over, as below:

I have stopped the looping ReportCrash spikes by disabling the
QuickContact menu in Now Contact v 5.3.2b -- which had behaved
impeccably for a couple of weeks until tonight's Quicktime update.

Stan