Crashed, rebooted, cannot open Finder, desktop empty, Finder flickering. Help!

I discovered my MacBook Pro OS X Version 10.6.7 had crashed. Command+Opt+Esc would not work to reboot, so I had to press the power button to reboot. Once it booted, I was able to launch applications in my doc, but when I went to open Finder, I got the error message 10810 that finder could not be opened. I noticed that my desktop was completely empty, no icons. When I close all applications, there is no bar at the top of the screen. The little light below Finder that indicates that an application is running is flickering. When I Command+Opt+Esc, Finder appears to flicker in the listings as well, so I can neither quit Finder nor open Finder.
Is this a virus or something else and do you have any ideas how I can fix it?
Thank you!

Could be corrupted Finder preferences...
Go to ~/LIbrary/Preferences
Move the com.apple.finder.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Trash.
Restart your Mac.
MIght be a good time to see how much free space there is on the startup disk.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure there's a minimum of 15% free disk space.
If you can't open the MacintoshHD icon, launch Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities
Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left then check Available and Capacity at the bottom of the window.

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