Mouse right click randomly causes Finder to reboot

A random reboot of the Finder occurs when I right click in an open folder or on the desktop. The desktop will blank, all icons temporarily disappear and open folders will close. I then have to reopen folders to resume work.
I have tried:
-rebooting
-different mice
-repairing permissions and disk
This occured sometime after installing 10.4.8.
I have an iMac 24" Core 2 Duo.
Thank you for any help.
iMac 24" Core 2 Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Often this is caused by an incompatible Contextual Menu Item. If you have installed any third-party CMIs, then I suggest you remove them and restart. If the problem ceases then you will know a third-party CMI is the culprit.
Another possible cause is a corrupted preference file. Navigate to the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder, locate the com.apple.finder.plist file and drag it to the Trash (do not delete.) Now restart the computer. If this fixes the problem then delete the one in the Trash. If it doesn't fix the problem then move the one in the Trash back to the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder.
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