Hangs, especially associated with Safari

I have OS X 4.11 installed, and with it I am running Safari 3.0.4. I had Safari 3 Beta installed, and had few if any problems with it. After installing the update, however, I have had severe hangs with Safari. Now, I have had Spin Control running for the last day and a half, and it is recording hangs in Safari of 68, 49, or 233 seconds. I decided that Safari was the problem, so I used firefox instead; it had a nice long hang of 233 seconds when I used it. On occasion, the Finder will hang for as much as 182 seconds. I did not notice any of this sort of hanging before installing the update, but now, especially following a restart, I see significant hangs.
The last hang came while I was watching a video on the ABC website, then tried to close the window. It hung for 68 seconds. Is this "normal," or is there something I can fix?

I don't know SpinControl but I suspect it may be the cause of your problem.
If you are updating Safari (or just have):
Input Managers from third parties can do as much harm as good. They use a security loophole to reach right into your applications' code and change that code as the application starts up. If you have installed 10.4.11 and Safari is crashing, the very first thing to do is clear out your InputManagers folders (both in your own Library and in the top-level /Library), log out and log back in, and try again.
So, disable all third party add-ons before updating Safari, as they may not have been updated yet for the new version. Add them back one by one. If something goes awry, remove it again and check on the software manufacturer's website for news of an update to match your version of Safari. Remember: Tiger up to 10.4.10 used Safari 2.0.4 or, if you downloaded it, Safari 3.0.3 beta. Safari 10.4.11 uses Safari 3.0.4 which is not a beta. If Safari 3.0.4 on 10.4.11 is not the fastest browser you have ever used, then something is wrong!
Moreover, trying to revert to Safari 2 when running 10.4.11 can have repercussions, as Safari 3.0.4 uses a completely different webcore on which other applications like iTunes, Mail etc also rely.
Most errors reported here after an update are due to an unrepaired or undetected inherent fault in the system, and/or a third party ad-on. Two such add-on that have been frequently mentioned here for causing such problems are Piclens and Pithhelmet. If you have them, trash them and go the developer's sites to see if new versions are available for Safari 3.0.4.

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