Mountain Lion finder freezes

Hey Apple, you must be aware of this issue so just fix the problem asap coz we are not used to Microsoft kinda freezing & crash issues. This is why we choose Apple. Mountain Lion just freezed unexpectedly and embarrasses too. I was showing Mountain Lion to a Windows friend who is proud on Windows, and it just got freeze. I had nothing to say. So please resolve it asap.

"Its a network issue. Whenever the wifi is connected with a secure network with limited priveledges, it tries to connect and re-connect and it goen into hanging mode."
My Finder is crashing. While working in the Finder (on Mountain Lion, MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012), searching for files using Spotlight, sometimes the Finder crashes. If I have another app open, I am able to access Force-Quit through the Apple menu, but restarting the Finder only makes it crash again, unless I turn off WiFi.

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Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/19426052?ac_cid=op123456#19426052
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http://www.marekbell.com/how-to-disable-smooth-scrolling-in-mountain-lion/
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