IMac freeze, all programs

Hello,
First post here, but then again its my first problem with my mac since 9months
Everything worked fine till 4 hours ago. Imac froze while I was browsing ebay, I had to do a hard reset with the powerbutton.
If I open safari now it crashes/freezes instant and it gives me the color wheel instead of my mouse pointer. It doesn't go away and I can not do anything else but a hard reset over and over.
I already did a hardware test from the dvd, no problems found.
I already did the PRAM/NVRAM reset, nothing changed
I already did a disk check in Disk Utility, (wich doesn't crash =/)giving me no errors or problems.
I installed the 1.0 update from the website that should fix functionallity problems, nothing changed.
edit: I now did a check with Techtool Deluxe, no problems found also
What to do now?
Thanks and sorry forthe bad english.
Message was edited by: Fascinerend

HI,
Try Safari maintenance.
From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Empty Cache. When you are done with that...
from the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 5 buttons and click Reset.
More help here ...
Mac OS: Web Browser Quits Unexpectedly or Stops Responding
Safari add-ons can cause performance issues or other situations
Repair disk permissions:
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Your English is excellent.
Carolyn

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