Drat those question marks in blue Qs... CAN ANYONE HELP?

Hi. Everything was fine until I installed the latest quicktime update. Now nothing plays on myspace and other media sites. I just get blue Qs and question marks. I'm (meant to be!) running Quicktime Pro with 10.3.9 and Firefox. Anyone clever out there who can help?
Many thanks
Andy.
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