10.5.3 won't Shut Down too often and have to Force Quit!

Right after 10.5.3 update, my iMac 24" often won't Shut Down at all, forcing me to use the ON/OFF button. Software that used to work fine like Firefox 2.00.14, PowerPoint 10.1.9, and You Synchronize 2.1.1 now lock up often and can't be Force Quit when they become unresponsive like before. This pretty much means the machine won't shut down either.
I've repaired permissions and all of the hard drives checked out fine. Any idea how to correct these unpleasant problems?

After further investigation it seems to be related (at least in my case) to a bug that affects firefox and 10.5.3 update.
Have a look here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1541870
and here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436575

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