Why is Safari's display corrupted?

When I am using sites like Amazon.com and drugstore.com, my Safari display will not show or unexpectedly stop working showing the grey area only. What's going on?

Might be a Safari extension or third party plug-in causing this ..
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.
If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.
Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

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Hey thanks for responding so quickly! I've downloaded AppDelete
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Tom Copeland
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:33:12 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email address deleted by host]
Subject: Adobe Reader Why does Safari quit (on my Mac) when opening PDF?
One of the things I have loved about Macs since switching in 2003 is:
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Hello jtenny,
Welcome to the Discussions.
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Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
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