Safari crashes, won't open at all

Question

Hello- this is my first time posting to an Apple support forum. I am running an Intel iMac with Tiger 10.4.11. About 3 days ago, Safari began to crash on me whenever I would attempt to launch it. When I click the Safari icon, it generates a blank webpage for a split second, then gives me a "safari quit unexpectedly" error message. Safari does not stay open long enough for me to access any preferences or any other aspect of the program--it just crashes every time I try and launch.
I have had a few unproductive sessions with Applecare, up to and including an archive-install of the OS, to no avail. I don't know how to decipher my crash log, but perhaps someone here might. The Applecare technicians that I spoke to were not especially interested in reading it.
Any help, advice or clues would be much appreciated.
Date/Time: 2008-06-02 22:49:28.255 -0700
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4
Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Parent: WindowServer [145]
Version: 3.1.1 (4525.18)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: WebBrowser
Source Version: 45251800
PID: 1043
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000005
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9081a6a9 CFHash + 17
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9081a5ed __CFDictionaryFindBuckets2 + 91
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083930b CFDictionaryCreateex + 268
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90839149 __CFBinaryPlistCreateObject + 4260
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90838fc6 __CFBinaryPlistCreateObject + 3873
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082f623 __CFTryParseBinaryPlist + 177
6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e990 _CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData + 150
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e8f7 CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData + 54
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x92803058 _NSParseObjectFromASCIIPropertyListOrSerialization + 142
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x92802f60 -[NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithContentsOfFile:] + 93
10 com.apple.Foundation 0x92802eeb +[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:] + 67
11 com.apple.WebKit 0x94d55212 -[WebHistoryPrivate _loadHistoryGutsFromURL:savedItemsCount:collectDiscardedItemsInto:error:] + 94
12 com.apple.WebKit 0x94d5519b -[WebHistoryPrivate loadFromURL:collectDiscardedItemsInto:error:] + 69
13 com.apple.WebKit 0x94d550c0 -[WebHistory loadFromURL:error:] + 82
14 com.apple.Safari 0x00021aa2 0x1000 + 133794
15 com.apple.Safari 0x00021992 0x1000 + 133522
16 com.apple.Safari 0x00021488 0x1000 + 132232
17 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ee237 nsnotecallback + 230
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x908563d2 __CFXNotificationPost + 345
19 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9084db51 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 600
20 com.apple.Foundation 0x927e67c8 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 121
21 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ed769 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 55
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x93270976 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 124
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x93270860 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 67
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x9327035d -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 273
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326ff28 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 96
26 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f3f21 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 447
27 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f3d4b _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 91
28 com.apple.AE 0x91522fb5 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 147
29 com.apple.AE 0x91522ee6 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
30 com.apple.AE 0x91522db2 aeProcessAppleEvent + 190
31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92deb084 AEProcessAppleEvent + 37
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326e11d _DPSNextEvent + 1044
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326db37 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
34 com.apple.Safari 0x0000761f 0x1000 + 26143
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x932678c4 -[NSApplication run] + 512
36 com.apple.AppKit 0x9325b820 NSApplicationMain + 573
37 com.apple.Safari 0x000a960e 0x1000 + 689678
38 com.apple.Safari 0x000a9535 0x1000 + 689461
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900248c7 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 7
1 com.apple.WebCore 0x94fb1adc WebCore::ThreadCondition::wait(WebCore::Mutex&) + 24
2 com.apple.WebCore 0x94faca79 WebCore::IconDatabase::syncThreadMainLoop() + 243
3 com.apple.WebCore 0x94f672fa WebCore::IconDatabase::iconDatabaseSyncThread() + 180
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d227 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ca42 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92852c76 +[NSURLCache _diskCacheSyncLoop:] + 206
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f639c forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d227 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ca42 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9282ba40 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 259
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f639c forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9001a1cc select + 12
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x9081a6a6 ecx: 0xbfffe2bc edx: 0x9081a698
edi: 0x1622b690 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbfffe218 esp: 0xbfffe1f0
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010286 eip: 0x9081a6a9 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
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Model: iMac4,1, BootROM IM41.0055.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core Duo, 2 GHz, 2 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x89), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.5)
Bluetooth: Version 1.9.5f4, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDS725050KLA360, 465.76 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846
USB Device: Built-in iSight, Micron, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Apple, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

Answer 1

You're welcome BL. Happy to help. Glad that solved it.
Not sure why Apple suggested an Archive and Install. Quite an extreme step for a crash. Seems the person you talked to did not follow the steps outlined in this Apple article. "Troubleshooting Home Directory" would have revealed the problem. I suggest you call Apple Care again and ask to speak to a supervisor about your experience.
History corruption is neer impossible to pinpoint. Really hard to say what caused it. It may result from poor coding on a particular web site. However, that's speculation on my part.
Some users find the use of History essential for web browsing, especially when searching for a site previously visited. Personally, I don't use it often, so I keep my history file on the lean side (perhaps 4 days worth). In Safari Preferences>General you can automatically delete history items after a selected time frame (one day, 1 week etc).