Systematic deletion hangs Finder

We were supplied by the University with Systematic Anti-virus 10.2. Upon upgrading the system to 10.2, it began to pop up error messages when logging in.
My (stupid) impatient solution was to delete the application, and three files it created in /Library/StartupItems/
Well, next time I plugged in my External HD (standard mac partition with Time Machine backup files and other files, along with FAT32 partition for my Windows7 system), it began to try to scan the drive. This caused Finder to Hang.
I installed the updated Systematic, which is running like normal now. The problem is, Finder still hangs for a good minute every time I try to do ANYTHING with the Mac partition on the External. It seems to not affect the FAT32 partition. Tried to repair the disk with Disk Utility, but the error "Count not unmount drive" came up. Also, tried to open a video with Quicktime and some error (-32) came up.
Sorry that got long, complicated problem, and haven't found anything like this on other forums.
Any Ideas?

If you look at what I posted, I tried to repair right after that, and the error came up. It is an external, nothing to install. Already reformatted, had no choice, Disk Utility would freeze, DiskWarrior freezes, as well as Ubuntu's diskutility freezes upon a FULL SMART status check.
left Apple's DU running for two hours, and this is what I have so far...
Verify and Repair volume “LaCie”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Invalid node structure
Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
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