IMac freezes when on the internet

Recently FireFox and Safari did automatic upgrades on my computer. Now whenever I use either browser my computer freezes. Do I need to upgrade some other application, even though the updater indicates all software is up to date?
I am using a iMac G4 with 512 MB memory and Mac OS 10.3.9.

Hmmm... I thought Apple wasn't releasing any new versions of Safari compatible with Panther. I wonder if you somehow have an incompatible version loaded. Go to the main Safari application in your applications folder and "get info" on the file from the Finder menu and report the version. Same with Firefox, though I am less familiar with the Panther-Firefox release versions. I know some third party applications such as Firefox tend to be more backwards compatible.

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