Why does the Safari version for OS X 10.2.8 crash immediately on start?

Hello All,
I am writing about my friend's problem with Safari. He has an iMac G4 800 Mhz with OS X 10.2.8 on it.
Recently this problem started. Every time he tries to start Safari it instantly crashes. We have tried everything suggested and it still refuses to run. It just stops responding to the system instanly. He says that he doesn't understand computers as well as I do. That's why he asked me to post this question.
If you have any suggestions I'll pass them along to him. We removed the preferences file and Safari still crashes instantly. What should we check next?
Please help if you can.
Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave,
The best thing to do is post a crash report.
Also, trying Safari from another User Account (create one if necessary in System Preferences>Accounts (I believe that's what Jaguar used)) tells you if the problem is system-wide (crashes) or specific to the regular User account. That would influence suggestions for resolving the crashes.
Please post back.

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