2011 MBP randomly freezes, mouse still moves. Must force restart everytime. Frequently happening, please help.

Running 2011 17" Macbook Pro on 10.6.8
I have a random issue that is continuously happening and I have been trying to find a fix for weeks.
At random times in the day (mostly when I am quitting applications, but not always), the computer will freeze, everything comes to a stop, the time freezes, the applications freeze, the whole operating system freezes but I can still move the cursor with the trackpad (I Just can't click anything). If music is playing when the freeze happens, it still continues to play, if I am charging my iPhone (it still continues to charge).
The ONLY way out of the freeze state when it happens is to do a forced shut down by holding down the power button. This is happening very frequently and it makes working on my mac unreliable.
Has anyone heard of an issue like this? I read a few posts on this site with some iMac users experiencing this, but haven't found many MBP users experiencing this.
Here is what I have done to try and fix the situation:
1. Launched Disk utility, verified and repaired disk, verified and repair disk permissions.
2. SMC reset
3. PRAM reset
4. Defrag using Disk Genius
5. Erased, re-installed operating system and imported my time machine backup via. migration assistant
6. (not sure if this helps, I found this tip in one of the apple discussion forums) Ran syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU D|I/O|nspace-h|n Cause: -|timed? ?o' | tail | open -ef in terminal.
The result that popped up in the textedit box was:
Tue Apr 21 18:40:47 tests-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: Previous Shutdown Cause: -60
It didn't show the freeze that happened today in the textedit box.
When I restart the computer after the freeze state, if I go into the console application, I can't find activity at the exact time (hour, minutes and seconds) the system freezes.
On a final note, regarding hardware, I had the logic board replaced just before my warranty expired in December last year.
Any help to resolve this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for this useful resource. Here are my results. I hit 'copy to the clipboard', but I have no idea where it went, so I just copied and paste to here.
I bolded all the parts that were red.
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 4/22/15 10:30 PM
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,3
    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
    16 GB RAM
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 80 - SN = C01221602Y2DGKMBA
Video Information: ℹ️
    AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB
        Color LCD 1920 x 1200
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ℹ️
    Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Time since boot: 0:48:3
Disk Information: ℹ️
    ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD disk0 : (1.82 TB)
        - (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        SL HD (disk0s2) / : 1.89 TB (796.59 GB free)
        Incompatible Format (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 105.22 GB
        Recovery HD (disk0s4) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hidhook (9.0 24251.1052177) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (9.0 24251.1052177) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.netbridge (9.0 24251.1052177) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (9.0 24251.1052177) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.vnic (9.0 24251.1052177) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.Seagate.driver.PowSecDriver (4.4.10) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
    Qmaster: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    org.samba.winbindd.plist [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.charlessoft.pacifist.helper_10.6.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    de.metaquark.appfresh.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    WidevineMediaOptimizer: Version: 6.0.0.12757 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    AdBlock
    Open in Internet Explorer
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
    DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3
    iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Perian [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
   Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        42%    firefox
         5%    WindowServer
         1%    hidd
         1%    fontd
         0%    SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    999 MB    firefox
    147 MB    iTunes
    98 MB    WindowServer
    82 MB    mds
    33 MB    coreservicesd
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    13.00 GB    Free RAM
    3.26 GB    Used RAM
    0 B    Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Apr 22, 2015, 09:41:29 PM    Self test - passed

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