nautilus memory leak

When I open up my process manager

gnome-system-monitor

The nautilus process is always listed as running. During its running state it starts to eat up memory until the system becomes unstable and crashes. Stopping nautilus prevents the situation temperarly but

nautilus -q
sudo nautilus -q
killall nautilus
sudo killall nautilus
nautilus --sm-disable
sudo nautilus --sm-disable

disable this from happening? When attempting to kill nautilus I'm making sure it's running and not stopped.

I'm at a loss here. Thank you for your time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic 2.6.35-24.42
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: smyth 1411 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: smyth 1411 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: smyth 1411 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'CA0106'/'Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xcc00 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'CA0106'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 35
   Simple ctrls : 18
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x804'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x804 at usb-0000:00:02.1-1, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0804'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 6144
   Mono: Capture 0 [0%] [6.00dB] [on]
Date: Wed Dec 22 20:33:52 2010
Frequency: Once a day.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=89f1c8bb-4934-4bc5-b137-837291337e19
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=e1bd2ee5-ce23-447f-9947-3afa06a6ab1a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38.2
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: r8192s_usb
Title: [STAGING]
dmi.bios.date: 10/29/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
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dmi.chassis.type: 3
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