Browser gets killed when running applets using Plug-in Merlin Build 55

When any of the Plug-in applets running in Netscape 6 and Netscape 4.61 with
Java Plug-in Merlin build55 are killing the browser with the message
reporting the HotSpot VM error.

This is happening when Java Plug-in demos and htpps tests/applet tag tests
are run in Netscape4.x and Nestcape6.

To reproduce this problem :

1. Install Java Plug-in Merlin build 55.
2. Run Plug-in https test cases in Netscape6 and Nestcape 4.x
   from

  http://sqesvr.eng.sun.com/deployment1/ws/doc/proc/JPI_https.html

  run the demos from

  http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/demos/applets.html
 
  Run SwingSet and Java2D demos to see the problem immediatly.

3. Browser gets killed with a Hotspot error message popup.