How do I identify a runaway process in the finder?

My wife is complaining that her MBP (2.5 GHz C2D, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD & 500 GB HD, MacOS 10.6.8) is running hot all the time. On checking with activity monitor I see that the finder is using 80-130% CPU most of the time. This does not seem to happen if I log into another account onthe MBP.
I sampled the processes under high load - can anyone make sense of this?:
Sampling process 142 for 3 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples
Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Analysis of sampling Finder (pid 142) every 1 millisecond
Call graph:
    2318 Thread_789   DispatchQueue_1: com.apple.main-thread  (serial)
      2318 0x10000515c
        2318 0x100005199
          2318 NSApplicationMain
            2318 -[NSApplication run]
              2318 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
                2318 _DPSNextEvent
                  2318 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
                    2318 ReceiveNextEventCommon
                      2318 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
                        2317 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
                          2317 __CFRunLoopRun
                            2317 mach_msg
                              2317 mach_msg_trap
                        1 _NotifyEventLoopObservers
    2318 Thread_797   DispatchQueue_2: com.apple.libdispatch-manager  (serial)
      2318 start_wqthread
        2318 _pthread_wqthread
          2318 _dispatch_worker_thread2
            2318 _dispatch_queue_invoke
              2318 _dispatch_mgr_invoke
                2318 kevent
    2318 Thread_801
      2318 thread_start
        2318 _pthread_start
          2318 PrivateMPEntryPoint
            2318 TSystemNotificationTask::SystemNotificationTaskProc(void*)
              2318 CFRunLoopRun
                2318 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
                  2318 __CFRunLoopRun
                    2318 mach_msg
                      2318 mach_msg_trap
    2318 Thread_890: com.apple.CFSocket.private
      2318 thread_start
        2318 _pthread_start
          2318 __CFSocketManager
            2318 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
    2318 Thread_87636   DispatchQueue_33: TFSVolumeInfo::GetSizingGCDQueue  (serial)
      2318 start_wqthread
        2318 _pthread_wqthread
          2318 _dispatch_worker_thread2
            2318 _dispatch_queue_invoke
              2318 _dispatch_queue_drain
                2318 _dispatch_call_block_and_release
                  2318 __PostFolderSizingTaskRequest_block_invoke_5
                    2318 TNode::HandleFolderSizingRequests(TNodeTask*, TFolderSizingThread*)
                      2318 TNode::HandleFolderSizingRequest(TCountedPtr<TNodeTask> const&, TFolderSizingThread*)
                        2318 TFSInfoSizer::Sizing(TCountedPtr<TFSInfo> const&)
                          2318 TOperationSizer::ComputeSize()
                            2318 TOperationSizer::Sizing(TCountedPtr<TCFURLInfo> const&)
                              1357 TDeepCFURLIterator::Next(TCountedPtr<TCFURLInfo>&, int&, int&, bool&)
                                1357 TDeepCFURLIterator::NextInternal(TCountedPtr<TCFURLInfo>&, int&, int&, bool&)
                                  1124 TCFURLIterator::Next(TCountedPtr<TCFURLInfo>&)
                                    1124 TCFURLIterator::NextRaw(TCountedPtr<TCFURLInfo>&)
                                      735 _URLEnumeratorGetNextURL
                                        706 _GetDirectoryURLs(_CFURLEnumerator*)
                                          616 ftsattr_read$INODE64
                                            611 ftsattr_build
                                              595 getdirentriesattr
                                              4 ftsattr_alloc
                                                4 malloc
                                                  4 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                    3 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                      3 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                        2 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                        1 tiny_free_list_add_ptr
                                                    1 __spin_lock
                                              4 open
                                              3 closedirattr
                                                2 free
                                                  2 szone_size
                                                1 szone_free_definite_size
                                              3 ftsattr_build
                                              1 close
                                              1 pthread_mutex_lock
                                            2 ftsattr_read$INODE64
                                            2 szone_free_definite_size
                                              1 szone_free_definite_size
                                              1 tiny_free_list_remove_ptr
                                            1 free
                                              1 szone_size
                                          56 _FSURLCreateWithPathAndAttributes
                                            32 CFURLCreateFromFileSystemRepresentation
                                              24 CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPathRelativeToBase
                                                9 CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPathRelativeToBase
                                                4 _CFURLAlloc
                                                  3 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
                                                    3 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                      2 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                        1 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                        1 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                      1 __spin_lock
                                                  1 _CFURLAlloc
                                                4 _CFURLInit
                                                  4 CFStringCreateCopy
                                                    3 _CFRetain
                                                      2 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                      1 _CFRetain
                                                    1 __CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3
                                                      1 __memcpy
                                                3 _CFRelease
                                                  2 __CFStringDeallocate
                                                    1 malloc_zone_free
                                                    1 szone_free
                                                  1 _CFRelease
                                                3 __CFStrConvertBytesToUnicode
                                                1 CFStringGetLength
                                              7 CFStringCreateWithBytes
                                                7 __CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3
                                                  4 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
                                                    4 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                      4 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                        4 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                  3 __CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3
                                              1 _CFRelease
                                            22 createBaseCacheWithPathAndAttributes(__CFAllocator const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned int, unsigned char, attrlist const*, void const*, FSMount*, __CFError**)
                                              10 parseAttributeBuffer(__CFAllocator const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char, attrlist const*, void const*, FSMount*, _FileAttributes*, unsigned int*)
                                                6 CFStringCreateWithBytes
                                                  6 __CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3
                                                    3 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
                                                      2 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                        2 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                          1 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                          1 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                      1 CFAllocatorAllocate
                                                    3 __CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3
                                                3 parseAttributeBuffer(__CFAllocator const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char, attrlist const*, void const*, FSMount*, _FileAttributes*, unsigned int*)
                                                1 bcopy
                                              7 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
                                                4 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                  3 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                    3 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                  1 __spin_lock
                                                2 _FileCacheInit(void const*)
                                                  2 __bzero
                                                1 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
                                              2 createBaseCacheWithPathAndAttributes(__CFAllocator const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned int, unsigned char, attrlist const*, void const*, FSMount*, __CFError**)
                                              2 strncpy
                                              1 createFileCache(__CFAllocator const*)
                                                1 __spin_lock
                                            1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                              1 __compare_and_swap32
                                            1 _FSURLCreateWithPathAndAttributes
                                          25 _CFRelease
                                            17 _CFRelease
                                              12 _FileCacheFinalize(void const*)
                                                12 _FileCacheReleaseContents(__FileCache*)
                                                  9 _CFRelease
                                                    5 szone_free
                                                      3 tiny_free_list_add_ptr
                                                      2 szone_free
                                                    2 szone_free_definite_size
                                                    1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                    1 objc_removeAssociatedObjects
                                                  2 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                    2 __compare_and_swap32
                                                  1 CFRelease
                                              3 szone_free
                                                2 szone_free
                                                1 tiny_free_list_add_ptr
                                              1 CFAllocatorDeallocate
                                              1 _CFRelease
                                            4 __CFURLDeallocate
                                              2 _CFRelease
                                                2 szone_free
                                              1 CFRelease
                                              1 dyld_stub_object_getClass
                                            2 szone_free
                                              1 szone_free
                                              1 tiny_free_list_add_ptr
                                            1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                              1 __compare_and_swap32
                                            1 __spin_lock
                                          5 FSMount::FSMount(unsigned int, FSMountNumberType, int*)
                                            3 FileIDTreeGetVRefNumForDevice
                                              3 FSNodeStorageGetAndLockCurrentUniverse
                                                2 geteuid
                                                1 _SCSessionUniverseByUIDAcquireAndLock
                                                  1 __spin_lock
                                            2 FSMount::initAndLockVolumeInfo()
                                              2 FileIDTreeLockSharedVolumeInfo
                                                1 FSNodeStorageGetAndLockCurrentUniverse
                                                  1 geteuid
                                                1 FileIDTree_FindVolumeRecord
                                                  1 FSNodeEntry_FindByFileID
                                          3 FileIDTreeUnlockSharedVolumeInfo
                                            2 _SCSessionUniverseAcquireAndLock
                                              1 SCGetSessionLocalUniverseInfo
                                              1 _SCUniverseRetain
                                                1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                            1 _SCSessionUniverseUnlockAndRelease
                                          1 _FSURLCachePropertiesForKeys
                                            1 CFArrayGetCount
                                        29 _InitalizeDirectoryEnumerator(_CFURLEnumerator*)
                                          11 __ftsattr_open
                                            8 ftsattr_getattrlist
                                              8 ftsattr_getattrlistRetry
                                                8 getattrlist
                                            1 __ftsattr_open
                                            1 ftsattr_alloc
                                            1 realloc
                                              1 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                1 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                          7 FSGetCanonicalPath(char const*, char*, unsigned int, unsigned char, int*)
                                            7 getattrlist
                                          4 getattrlist
                                          2 FSMount::FSMount(unsigned int, FSMountNumberType, int*)
                                            1 FSMount::initAndLockVolumeInfo()
                                              1 FileIDTreeLockSharedVolumeInfo
                                                1 FSNodeStorageGetAndLockCurrentUniverse
                                                  1 geteuid
                                            1 FileIDTreeGetVRefNumForDevice
                                              1 FSNodeStorageGetAndLockCurrentUniverse
                                                1 geteuid
                                          2 _FSURLGetAttrListForPropertyKeys
                                            1 CFDictionaryGetValue
                                              1 CFBasicHashFindBucket
                                                1 ___CFBasicHashFindBucket1
                                            1 getAttrListForPropertyBitmap(_FilePropertyBitmap*, attrlist*)
                                          1 FSMount::~FSMount()
                                          1 dyld_stub_CFArrayGetValueAtIndex
                                          1 ftsattr_open$INODE64
                                            1 malloc
                                              1 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                1 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                      380 TCFURLInfo::Initialize(__CFURL const*, bool, bool)
                                        371 TCFURLInfo::FetchProperties(bool)
                                          346 _CFURLGetResourcePropertyFlags
                                            346 _FSURLGetResourcePropertyFlags
                                              324 prepareValuesForBitmap(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, _FilePropertyBitmap*, __CFError**)
                                                312 LSPropertyProviderPrepareValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, long, void const*, __CFError**)
                                                  311 prepareBasicFlags(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, __CFError**)
                                                    309 _LSCopyItemInfoForRefInfo
                                                      230 _LSCopyInfoForNode
                                                        127 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                          73 _FSURLGetCatalogInfo
                                                            22 ConvertPOSIXNametoUTF16
                                                              15 ConvertUTF8toUTF16
                                                                11 LLConvertUTF8toUCS2
                                                                  9 LLConvertUTF8toUTF16
                                                                  2 LLConvertUTF8toUCS2
                                                                4 ConvertUTF8toUTF16
                                                              3 ConvertPOSIXNametoUTF16
                                                              2 strlcpy
                                                              2 strlen
                                                            21 _FSURLGetCatalogInfo
                                                            15 CFStringGetCString
                                                              11 __CFStringEncodeByteStream
                                                                7 __CFStringEncodeByteStream
                                                                2 CFStringGetCharactersPtr
                                                                1 CFStringEncodingIsValidEncoding
                                                                  1 CFStringEncodingGetConverter
                                                                1 memmove
                                                              4 CFStringGetCString
                                                            12 prepareValuesForBitmap(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, _FilePropertyBitmap*, __CFError**)
                                                              10 prepareValuesForBitmap(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, _FilePropertyBitmap*, __CFError**)
                                                              2 corePropertyProviderPrepareValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, long, void const*, __CFError**)
                                                                2 getAttrListForCorePropertiesMissingFromCache(_FileCoreProperty const**, long, __FileCache const*, attrlist*)
                                                            2 _FileCacheLock(__FileCache const*)
                                                              1 pthread_equal
                                                              1 pthread_self
                                                            1 getFileCacheForURL(__CFURL const*, void*)
                                                          20 CFStringEncodingBytesToUnicode
                                                            14 __CFFromUTF8
                                                            4 CFStringEncodingBytesToUnicode
                                                            2 __CFGetConverter
                                                              1 OSSpinLockLock
                                                              1 __CFGetConverter
                                                          19 _FSNodeSetMoreInfo
                                                            16 calloc
                                                              15 malloc_zone_calloc
                                                                11 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                                  6 __bzero
                                                                  2 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                                  2 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                                  1 memset
                                                                3 malloc_zone_calloc
                                                                1 __spin_lock
                                                              1 calloc
                                                            2 _FSNodeSetMoreInfo
                                                            1 realloc
                                                              1 szone_size
                                                          12 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                          1 __memcpy
                                                          1 __nanotime
                                                          1 mach_absolute_time
                                                        64 _LSCanSetExtensionHidden
                                                          64 _LSCanHideExtension(LSContext*, FSNode*, LSUniChars const*, LSUniChars const*)
                                                            47 _LSNodeIsPackage
                                                              44 FSNodePreparePkgInfo
                                                                44 open
                                                              2 _LSIsPackageExtension(LSContext*, XCFChars const*)
                                                                1 _LSIsClaimedPackageExtension(LSContext*, XCFChars const*)
                                                                  1 LSTypeData::~LSTypeData()
                                                                1 _UTTypeConformsTo
                                                                  1 _UTTypeSearchConformsToTypes
                                                                    1 _UTTypeSearchConformsToTypesCore
                                                                      1 _UTTypeSearchConformsToTypesCore
                                                                        1 _UTGetActiveTypeForIdentifier
                                                                          1 CSStringBindingGetBindings
                                                                            1 CSArrayGetValues
                                                              1 cerror
                                                            15 _LSIsKnownExtensionUnicode
                                                              10 CSStringBindingFindStringAndBindings
                                                                7 CSGetStringForCharacters
                                                                  4 CSMapGetKeyAndValueForKeyData
                                                                    2 _CSStringStoreUnitMatchesString
                                                                      1 CSStoreGetUnit
                                                                      1 _CSStringStoreUnitMatchesString
                                                                    1 CSMapGetKeyAndValueForKeyData
                                                                    1 CSMapSync
                                                                  3 XCFHash8Bit
                                                                2 CSStringBindingGetBindings
                                                                  2 CSMapGetValue
                                                                    2 _CSMapFindBucketForKey
                                                                1 CSStringBindingFindStringAndBindings
                                                              4 XCFBufInitWithUnicode
                                                              1 XCFBufDestroy
                                                            2 FSNodeIsDirectory
                                                              2 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                                1 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                                1 __nanotime
                                                        13 _LSGetBundleClassForNode
                                                          4 FSNodeCopyExtension
                                                          3 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                            2 __nanotime
                                                            1 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                          3 _LSGetBundleClassForExtension
                                                            2 strncmp
                                                            1 _LSGetBundleClassForExtension
                                                          3 _LSGetBundleClassForNode
                                                        11 _LSContextInit
                                                          6 _LSCopyLocalDatabase
                                                            4 CSRefRetain
                                                              3 CSRefRetain
                                                              1 OSSpinLockUnlock
                                                            1 _LSGetSession(unsigned int)
                                                            1 __spin_lock
                                                          3 _LSDatabaseNeedsUpdate(LSDatabase*)
                                                            1 CSStoreGetGeneration
                                                            1 _CSReadSeedNom(OpaqueCSSeedRef*, unsigned int*)
                                                            1 _LSDatabaseNeedsUpdate(LSDatabase*)
                                                          1 _LSContextInit
                                                          1 __spin_lock
                                                        5 _LSCopyInfoForNode
                                                        5 _LSGetExtensionInfo
                                                        2 _LSContextDestroy
                                                          1 CSRefRelease
                                                          1 _LSContextDestroy
                                                        1 _LSGetBindingForNode
                                                          1 _LSGetBindingStateForNode(LSBindingState*, FSNode*)
                                                            1 _LSGetBinding(LSBindingState*)
                                                              1 _LSEvaluateClaimArray(LSBindingState*, unsigned int const*, unsigned int)
                                                                1 _LSBundleCopyOrCheckNode
                                                                  1 FSNodePrepareCatalogInfo
                                                                    1 FSNodePrepareFSRef
                                                                      1 FSPathMakeRefInternal(unsigned char const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, FSRef*, unsigned char*)
                                                                        1 PathGetObjectInfo(char const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, short*, unsigned int*, unsigned int*, char*, unsigned int*, unsigned char*)
                                                                          1 GetPathVolFSAttributes(char const*, unsigned int, FSAttributeInfo*, unsigned int, unsigned char*)
                                                                            1 getattrlist
                                                        1 _LSNodeIsPackage
                                                          1 _LSIsPackageExtension(LSContext*, XCFChars const*)
                                                            1 _UTTypeConformsTo
                                                              1 _UTTypeSearchConformsToTypes
                                                                1 _UTTypeSearchConformsToTypesCore
                                                                  1 _UTTypeSearchConformsToTypesCore
                                                        1 memcpy
                                                      59 _LSCreateNodeOrURLFromExtendedInfoNoCopy
                                                        40 FSNodeCreateWithURL
                                                          19 CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation
                                                            12 _CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation
                                                              12 CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation
                                                                11 CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation
                                                                1 CFStringGetLength
                                                            5 CFURLCreateStringWithFileSystemPath
                                                              2 CFURLCreateStringWithFileSystemPath
                                                              2 __compare_and_swap32
                                                              1 CFURLGetBaseURL
                                                            1 CFGetAllocator
                                                            1 CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation
                                                          19 _FSNodeCreateWithPathBytes
                                                            9 CSRefCreateInstance
                                                              6 malloc
                                                                6 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                                  3 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                                    2 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
                                                                    1 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                                  1 __spin_lock
                                                                  1 dyld_stub__spin_lock
                                                                  1 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                              1 CSRefCreateInstance
                                                              1 _FSNodeInit
                                                              1 dyld_stub_malloc_zone_malloc
                                                            3 _FSNodeCreateWithPathBytes
                                                            3 __memcpy
                                                            2 memcpy
                                                            1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                              1 __compare_and_swap32
                                                            1 _CFRetain
                                                              1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                          2 FSNodeCreateWithURL
                                                        12 CFStringCompareWithOptionsAndLocale
                                                          8 CFStringCompareWithOptionsAndLocale
                                                          2 CFStringGetCStringPtr
                                                          1 CFUniCharGetBitmapPtrForPlane
                                                          1 __CFStringFillCharacterSetInlineBuffer
                                                        3 CFStringCompare
                                                        2 CFURLCopyScheme
                                                          1 CFRetain
                                                          1 CFURLCopyScheme
                                                        1 _CFRelease
                                                        1 _LSCreateNodeOrURLFromExtendedInfoNoCopy
                                                      13 CSRefRelease
                                                        13 _FSNodeDestroy
                                                          6 szone_free_definite_size
                                                          3 free
                                                          2 _FSNodeDestroy
                                                          1 CFRelease
                                                          1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                            1 __compare_and_swap32
                                                      4 __spin_lock
                                                      1 dyld_stub_CFURLCopyScheme
                                                      1 free
                                                        1 szone_size
                                                      1 szone_free_definite_size
                                                        1 tiny_free_list_add_ptr
                                                    2 prepareBasicFlags(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, __CFError**)
                                                  1 LSPropertyProviderPrepareValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, long, void const*, __CFError**)
                                                8 prepareValuesForBitmap(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, _FilePropertyBitmap*, __CFError**)
                                                4 corePropertyProviderPrepareValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, long, void const*, __CFError**)
                                                  4 getAttrListForCorePropertiesMissingFromCache(_FileCoreProperty const**, long, __FileCache const*, attrlist*)
                                              10 _FSURLGetResourcePropertyFlags
                                              6 corePropertyProviderCopyValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache const*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, void const**, long, void const*)
                                                2 corePropertyProviderCopyValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache const*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, void const**, long, void const*)
                                                2 createIsReadableValue(__CFURL const*, _FileAttributes const*, void*)
                                                1 createHasHiddenExtensionValue(__CFURL const*, _FileAttributes const*, void*)
                                                1 createIsCompressedValue(__CFURL const*, _FileAttributes const*, void*)
                                              5 LSPropertyProviderCopyValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache const*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, void const**, long, void const*)
                                                4 LSPropertyProviderCopyValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache const*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, void const**, long, void const*)
                                                1 copyIsPackageValue(__CFURL const*, __FileCache const*, void*)
                                              1 OSSpinLockUnlock
                                          9 CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey
                                            9 _FSURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey
                                              3 _FileCacheLock(__FileCache const*)
                                              3 corePropertyProviderCopyValues(__CFURL const*, __FileCache const*, __CFString const* const*, void const**, void const**, long, void const*)
                                                3 createNameValue(__CFURL const*, _FileAttributes const*, void*)
                                                  1 CFRetain
                                                  1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                    1 __compare_and_swap32
                                                  1 _CFRetain
                                              2 CFDictionaryGetValue
                                                1 CFBasicHashFindBucket
                                                  1 ___CFBasicHashFindBucket1
                                                    1 __CFDictionaryCallback
                                                1 CFDictionaryGetValue
                                              1 _FSURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey
                                          7 operator new(unsigned long)
                                            5 malloc
                                              4 malloc_zone_malloc
                                                3 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                  2 szone_malloc_should_clear
                                                  1 OSSpinLockUnlock
                                                1 __spin_lock
                                              1 malloc
                                            2 operator new(unsigned long)
                                          5 TCFURLInfo::FetchProperties(bool)
                                          4 TUString::TUString(__CFString const*, bool)
                                            4 CFStringCreateCopy
                                              2 pthread_getspecific
                                              1 CFStringCreateCopy
                                              1 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt
                                                1 __compare_and_swap32
                                        3 __compare_and_swap32
                                        2 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapInt

Using the CPU tab of Activity Monitor, why don't you just see if some process or application is responsible for using an excessive amount of CPU?
EDIT: Oh I see, you already know it's the Finder? Have you simply tried restarting? If that doesn't help, then move this file in your home folder>Library>Preferences to the Trash (but don't empty it yet.)
com.apple.finder.plist
Then relaunch the Finder by entering this command in Terminal in Utilities and hit return.
killall Finder
After doing this, you will need to restore your Finder settings. If this doesn't work, then just use File>Put Back from the Trash.
Message was edited by: WZZZ

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