Problem using strings in Multi Threads environment

[Vladimir Getselevich]

We have problems using STL string objects in our system trying to run it in
multithread mode.
We work with gcc2.95.3 on Intel platform.
I made search in the Google and saw that people mention that there is a
problem relating to
reference counting in gcc implementation of string class.

My question is what should I do? Is there a good solution enabling to use
STL string class
in multithread mode or should I not use string class at all?

Vladimir Getselevich