Itunes 10 Store Crashing - EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) (NEED HELP PLEASE!!)

Question

I recently encountered a problem recently with itunes.
It seems to crash when I try to access the store. It begins to load, and the bar is almost done, when it just closes and I get this error:
I keep getting a bad kernel error when it crashes, check out here:
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000096
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
I emailed the tech/support person, and they emailed me back and told me it was a potential third party app causing it.
She said if you have any: web accelerators, firewall, or other stuff running it would cause it, but I tried to disable and unistall programs and still the same problem.
Also I tried to uninstall and start fresh and same deal, even with a new stand alone version, same problem.
I recently installed Quicktime and bought Pro, and I have several programs running such as Lil Snitch, growl, dropbox, and I have several blockers/ad spam blockers to my add-ons for firefox, which I had tried to disable to see if it works, but no-go.
I know it worked a couple of weeks ago, but for some reason recently it doesn't work now? I'm trying to think what I installed recently that could cause the issue, but its like finding a needle in a haystack.
Any one have any idea whats wrong?

Answer 1

wes4dabomb wrote:
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)

you might want to try this:
(a) download the [_*Mac OS X v10.6.5 Update (Combo)*_|http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324]
(b) reboot into _*safe mode*_
(c) launch *disk utility* (in applications/utilities), +verify disk+ and +repair permissions+
(d) run the combo
(e) after running the combo, let the Mac reboot normally and +repair permissions+ again.
now try what you were doing again.
JGG