Default Messenger/browser

How do I keep Tiger from constantly changing my Default Browser back to Safari and default messenger back to ichat? It's been happening since I did the last software update earlier this week, but everytime I boot up now, I launch Firefox, and I get teh message "Firefix is not your default browser, would you like to make it?" Yes I do, then I launch Adium, and I get the same message, for chat program obviously, not browser, and I set it to yes also. Yet all I need to do is reboot and it's the same thing all over again.
It's getting annoying to the point I'm debating deleting ichat and safari to see if that helps. One of the main things I've always hated about the windows world is micro$ofts automatic defaulting to their programs. Now it seems to be slowly creeping into my Mac and I dont like it. I dont like safari, I like my plugins in Firefox, stop tryin to make me use your program micro, err, apple.
MacBook Pro Core2 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

"How do I keep Tiger from constantly changing my
Default Browser back to Safari "
Change the default browser in Safari's preferences.
It says Firefox everytime I check. When I reboot, it changes back to safari. I tried that.

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== Description
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