Multiple Crashes and Errors

I accidentally posted this in another forum, so I'm going to paste my old post here, and see where it gets me:
"I've posted this on the discussions forum, but I thought I would ask everywhere just incase.
When I try to delete my trash, the Finder restarts/relaunches, and the files in the trash do not delete, unless I hold down the Optionopenapplecontrol keys when I attempt to delete.
Alternately, I cannot delete or bounce any messages in the Mail program. The program crashes. This just started recently, as in the last couple of days. I really need this to be fixed, as I have people who need to use the computer and I don't want to have to take it back for repairs. It was repaired, had the logic/mother board replaced last month because the fans ran at full speed, even with snow on the ground and an airconditioner running full speed, and an Airport card put in.
Other info:
G5, iMac, OS X 10.3.9
256MB RAM, 74 GB originally, 54.87 GB remaining
Purchased October 29, 2004 w/the three year support.
What I have tried:
Repaired permissions through the regular permission repair, and the Install/Start Up CD.
Trashed the mail.plist file.
Moved the Mail folder to the desktop.
Ran disk first aid through the Install/Start Up CD.
What I am going to try next:
Norton Disk Doctor via Start Up. It got an error with the regular program, then crashed. Something about a leaf? It seems when I get a pop up or warning that requires "OK" or "Cancel", the program crashes. Any idea why this is happening? Is it my software? What is it? How can I fix it? "
I was told not to use Norton at all, but I did, as I hadn't checked the messages before running it, and it said that I had major problems, but "fixed" them. I noticed that Everytime my computer gives me an option that will make a major change (bouncing an email, permanently deleting emails from Mail, emptying the trash), the program will crash OR the Finder will relaunch. This just started yesterday afternoon, around 6pm, after I had printed large amounts of printouts. I'm unsure what caused this, as it seems lately just using the computer causes it to malfunction, and need repairs. I really don't want to put it back in the shop. I was told, in another forum, to use Disk Warrior:
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/details.html
Would that work or help? Is it better than Norton? I really can't afford to keep putting my computer in the shop, not financially, as it's free, but time wise and the fact that I need it for work, now, would really make it hard for me to get other things done. Any solutions? Suggestions? Thoughts? Ideas? I'm open to anything here.

Hi (again) Christine,
For starters, have a look at:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html
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