Strange Dialog boxes popping up

During the past several weeks I have been getting strange dialog boxes popping up on my desktop and all my efforts, including stripping out my hard drive and reinstalling a brand new version of Mac OS10.5.0 then upgrading to 10.5.6 via the combo download, has failed to cure the problems.
The first one is:
The application aosnotifyd quit unexpectedly
2008-12-31 17:51:59 +0700
EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
KERN PROTECTION FAILURE at
0x00000000000000005
Thread 0 Crashed
0 CFRetain + 36
1 CFDictionaryAddValue + 530
2 CFDictionaryCreate + 132
3 _CopyDevice Attributes + 618
4 _initializeServiceOnce + 148
5 main +622
6 start + 54
The others refer to GrowlMenu and GrowlHelper also quitting unexpectedly.
Can you advise what might be causing these and what might be done to solve the problem?
Many thanks
Roger

Hi Carolyn,
Many thanks for the prompt response. However, it is not a kernel panic as I have had several of these in 2007 which I have satisfactorily resolved.
No, the dialog box is not like that. I have been trying to get picture into the reply box (it's a .pdf file) but am unable to do so. The box is a white square with a yellow warning triangle sign with an exclamation mark followed underneath by the words as shown below :
The application aosnotifyd quit unexpectedly
2008-12-31 17:51:59 +0700
EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
KERN PROTECTION FAILURE at
0x00000000000000005
Thread 0 Crashed
0 CFRetain + 36
1 CFDictionaryAddValue + 530
2 CFDictionaryCreate + 132
3 _CopyDevice Attributes + 618
4 _initializeServiceOnce + 148
5 main +622
6 start + 54
Underneath there are two buttons "Ignore" and "Report". The "Report" button reports the problem to Apple while the "Ignore" button dismisses the dialog box.
What I have done so far is:
1. Wiped my HDD clean and did a reinstall of OS 10.5.0 then upgraded to 10.5.6 followed by all the system ugrades from the Apple Update application.
2. Reinstalled all my apps and settings from my Time Machine backup.
3. From the OS10 startup disk, I repaired my permissions and the hard drive. No problems there.
4. Booted into terminal mode and ran the /sbin/fsck -fy check and no problems there either.
5. Checked the install disk that came with to computer but there is no extended hardware test suite on it (Go figure!) so I am unable to go that route.
Other than this, I do not see what I can do so any help you, or anyone else can give would be most appreciated.
Incidentally, in May 2008, I posted a question very similar to yours regarding the intermittent and unintended restart problems but, strangely, did not get one response.
Again, my sincere thanks and i look forward to receiving some more helpful advice.
Cheers
Roger

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