For TM 9.0 you need the VB 2.0 frontend controll installed. Even though the VB 2.1 release is downward compatible, I would suggest to use the officially supported VB release for the TM.
From what I can see the ACF white list certificate was correctly setup, otherwise you could not even see anything and would get a popup.
I have the TM 9.0 running on the same VB and NWBC as you have tried out. I do remember that some of those crash situations might be related to graphical drivers.
Hope the VB experts can help you quickly.
Regards,
Marcus