Computer Freezes After iPhoto Album Mosaic Screen Saver

After using the Mosaic screen saver, my Mac will freeze, therefore resulting in me having to perform a hard shutdown, and reboot my Mac. When my Mac turns back on and I log in, Crash Reporter reports that AdobeResourceSychronizer crashed. The log is found with in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ This occurs approximately once every 3-5 days. The only Adobe software I should have installed is:
Reader
Flash
Shockwave
I switched my screen saver about 1 1/2 weeks ago. I switched it to Spectrum today. Should this solve the issue, or should I check for Adobe junk installed on my computer, or both?

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Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000000000008 PC=0x000000000012C76C
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2D53AA00)
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0x00281698 0x0027D238 0x0027CF74 0x002A9BF4 0x000ABE30 0x00000000
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Exception state (sv=0x2D53AA00)
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Exception state (sv=0x3C5FC780)
PC=0x9001452C; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xE07FF000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x0000CFAC; R1=0xF0080040; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
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Darwin Kernel Version 8.3.0: Mon Oct 3 20:04:04 PDT 2005; root:xnu-792.6.22.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC
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Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2D53AA00)
PC=0x0012C76C; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000008; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0012C7A4; R1=0x177439D0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
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