Freezing! Mouse Freezing, Computer freezing and general stalling.

I've got a new mac book pro 15". I've read a few problems about freezing issues, but haven't seen a real solution or of why it happens.
It started today, when i browse, look at emails etc. It freezes sometimes the mouse, sometimes the operating system but not the mouse and sometimes everything, keypad and all. Very Frustrating!!
It takes awhile to restart now too. I believe it started after i installed either Final Cut Pro or Azureus.
Has anyone got any ideas or solutions of why this happens?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil

_As an update:_
Spoke to Apple Tech support today, they said it could be down to the Final Cut Pro as it is not compatible with my integrated graphics card, which is a Geforce 9600GT.
But final cut pro works absolutely fine, starts up and i can edit fine.
But for the sake of trying to fix my freezing issues, i got rid of all the connecting files to do with final cut pro.
I also did a repair permissions and repair disk with the Mac osx dvd which Apple tech suggested too.
Restarted...
Still takes ages to restart and load up, and unfortunately still freezes.
Will ring again to continue trying to fix the issue.
Again any help towards this problem would be great, as i know alot of people suffer from it.
Message was edited by: Phil J W Moreton

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    Report generated March 21, 2015 at 11:35:35 AM EDT
    Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
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        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) (Technical Specifications)
        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,1
        1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
        2 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
                1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
            BANK 0/DIMM1
                1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
        Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 59
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        NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
            Color LCD 1440 x 900
        NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
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    Disk Information: ℹ️
        Hitachi HTS543225L9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (168.91 GB free)
            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
        HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS21N 
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        Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
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        Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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        Mac App Store and identified developers
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            /Library/Extensions
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        [loaded]    com.sophos.kext.sav (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.sophos.nke.swi (9.2.50 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
            /System/Library/Extensions
        [not loaded]    com.leapfrog.codeless.kext (2) [Click for support]
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        [running]    com.kodak.BonjourAgent.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
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        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
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        [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist [Click for support]
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        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
        Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
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        AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017265: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.17 [Click for support]
        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
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        iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
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        Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 [Click for support]
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        Add To Amazon Wish List
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        Java  [Click for support]
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        Mobile backups: OFF
        Auto backup: YES
        Volumes being backed up:
            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 80.29 GB
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            Total size: 63.67 GB
            Total number of backups: 1
            Oldest backup: 2015-02-23 16:16:08 +0000
            Last backup: 2015-02-23 16:16:08 +0000
            Size of backup disk: Too small
                Backup size 63.67 GB < (Disk used 80.29 GB X 3)
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             5%    WindowServer
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             0%    AppleSpell
             0%    SophosUIServer
             0%    SophosAntiVirus
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
        118 MB    InterCheck
        101 MB    SophosScanD
        60 MB    Dropbox
        54 MB    mds_stores
        41 MB    SophosAntiVirus
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        49 MB    Free RAM
        682 MB    Active RAM
        652 MB    Inactive RAM
        315 MB    Wired RAM
        1.49 GB    Page-ins
        2 MB    Page-outs
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        Mar 21, 2015, 10:53:03 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/SophosUIServer_2015-03-21-105303_[redacted].cra sh
        Mar 19, 2015, 07:59:03 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CalNCService_2015-03-19-195903_[redacted].crash

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