IMac Freeze twice a day!!!

I have a 24inch iMac with GT120. My Problems are as below...
My iMac freezes minimum twice daily. I'm not sure what's the cause, as i never changed any hardwares, including RAM. Everything remains as stock configuration. I checked with Apple hardware test, no errors found, use disk utility to check my harddisk, all perfect! Resetting PRAM, done!
The iMac usually freezes when i switch windows, resizing windows, expose, and even activating Dashboard.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard won't help at all, by the way I installed all software updates available since Leopard. Anyone have the solutions to this?

Hello,
*"Upgrading to Snow Leopard won't help at all,"*
According to your profile, you are already running Snow Leopard 10.6.1
*"i get the better solutions; repartition the backup harddisk, copy the installer into it and try boot from it... i'm doing it now and no error messages on the log file so far.... "*
Problems aren't new I see.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10474431#10474431
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.finder.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash and restart your iMac.
Repair disk permissions...
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Carolyn

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  • Since I updated to iCloud, Mail on my MacBookPro 10.6.8 has been unable to connect to MobileMe more than once or twice per day. Mail on my iPhone 4 has no problems. What's wrong?

    Since I updated to iCloud, (which may or may not be related) Mail on my MacBookPro 10.6.8 has been unable to connect to MobileMe more than once or twice per day. Mail on my iPhone 4 and my old iMac has no problems. When there is no service a yellow warning triangle appears adjacent to the Inbox and Connection Doctor reports,"Trying to log into this MobileMe IMAP account failed. Verify that username and password are correct."  Since it does fetch Mail from time to time they cannot be wrong.... can they? Should I update to 10.7 and if so what does that entail?

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  • My iMac freezes in Safari

    Problem description:
    My iMac freezes every day few times when using Safari. I have to hard reset it by holding the power button.
    EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
    Report generated 15 Feb 2015 20:51:02 GMT+1
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    Hardware Information: ℹ️
        iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
        iMac - model: iMac11,1
        1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
        16 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
            BANK 1/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
            BANK 0/DIMM1
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
            BANK 1/DIMM1
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
        Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Video Information: ℹ️
        ATI Radeon HD 4850 - VRAM: 512 MB
            iMac 2560 x 1440
    System Software: ℹ️
        OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 0:8:53
    Disk Information: ℹ️
        WDC WD1001FALS-40U9B0 disk1 : (1 TB)
            EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            Data (disk1s2) /Volumes/Data : 999.35 GB (291.53 GB free)
        OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD disk0 : (240,06 GB)
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 239.71 GB (22.61 GB free)
    USB Information: ℹ️
        Razer Razer DeathAdder
        Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
        Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
        Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Firewire Information: ℹ️
        Stanton ScratchAmp 400mbit - 400mbit max
    Configuration files: ℹ️
        /etc/hosts - Count: 6
    Gatekeeper: ℹ️
        Anywhere
    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
            /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
        [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
        [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
        [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
        [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.1.1 28614 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]
            /Applications/Proxifier.app
        [not loaded]    com.initex.proxifier.macosx.kext (2.11.2 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
            /Library/Extensions
        [not loaded]    com.caiaq.driver.NIUSBHardwareDriver (2.7.0 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
            /System/Library/Extensions
        [loaded]    com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.delantis.kext.tcpblocknke (4.0.0 - SDK 10.8) [Click for support]
    Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
        [running]    com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Click for support]
    Launch Agents: ℹ️
        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.general.agent.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.ipm.ui.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.notifications.agent.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.odscan.default.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.scheduler.agent.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.avira.antivirus.systray.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.telemetry.agent.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.avira.antivirus.update.default.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.paragon.updater.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
    Launch Daemons: ℹ️
        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
        [failed]    com.avira.antivirus.dbcleaner.plist [Click for support]
        [failed]    com.avira.antivirus.ipm.loader.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.avira.helper.watchdox.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.delantis.tcbblockd.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.delantis.tcbblocknke_load_kext.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.delantis.TCPBlock.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.paragon.ntfs12.refresh.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
    User Launch Agents: ℹ️
        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
        [running]    com.delantis.tcpblocknotify.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
        [loaded]    com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]
    User Login Items: ℹ️
        iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
        Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
        Plex Media Server    Application  (/Applications/Plex Media Server.app)
        Espionage    Application  (/Applications/Espionage.app)
    Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
        AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
        Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
        Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
    Safari Extensions: ℹ️
        AdBlock
        Open in Internet Explorer
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
        Flash Player  [Click for support]
        Native Instruments USB Audio  [Click for support]
        Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X  [Click for support]
        TCPBlock  [Click for support]
    Time Machine: ℹ️
        Time Machine not configured!
    Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
             5%    Console
             3%    WindowServer
             2%    Safari
             1%    fontd
             0%    avguard-ondemand-mgmt
    Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
        378 MB    savapi
        326 MB    avguard.bin
        241 MB    Safari
        172 MB    com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
        172 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent
    Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
        11.00 GB    Free RAM
        4.28 GB    Active RAM
        792 MB    Inactive RAM
        1.10 GB    Wired RAM
        527 MB    Page-ins
        0 B    Page-outs
    Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
        Feb 15, 2015, 08:41:52 PM    Self test - passed
        Feb 13, 2015, 09:12:26 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS6_2015-02-13-091226_[redacted].hang
        Feb 13, 2015, 09:12:17 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS6_2015-02-13-091217_[redacted].crash
        Feb 13, 2015, 09:09:26 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Premiere Pro CS6_2015-02-13-090926_[redacted].crash
    Console log:
    15/02/15 20:36:03,558 syncdefaultsd[2719]: AOSKit ERROR: XPC CLIENT: Connection [0x7f9c61456170] event handler received event with type: [XPC_TYPE_ERROR].  Description: [Connection interrupted]
    15/02/15 20:36:27,164 xpcproxy[2916]: assertion failed: 13F34: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
    15/02/15 20:36:30,000 kernel[0]: process 2917 set trusted
    15/02/15 20:36:30,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:36:30,000 kernel[0]: process name mdworker (pid 2917)
    15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: process name ��  ������9W������9W������9W������9W���� (pid 2859)
    15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2859
    15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: process name ��H ����p�IX����i�IX����b�IX������IX���� (pid 2917)
    15/02/15 20:37:34,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2917
    15/02/15 20:38:30,000 kernel[0]: process 2942 set trusted
    15/02/15 20:38:30,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:38:30,000 kernel[0]: process name mdworker (pid 2942)
    15/02/15 20:38:45,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:38:45,000 kernel[0]: process name  (pid 2719)
    15/02/15 20:38:45,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2719
    15/02/15 20:39:30,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:39:30,000 kernel[0]: process name ��  �����MfX�����MfX�����MfX�����MfX���� (pid 2942)
    15/02/15 20:39:30,000 kernel[0]: revoking trust for process 2942
    15/02/15 20:40:35,000 kernel[0]: process 2969 set trusted
    15/02/15 20:40:35,000 kernel[0]: Change trust on
    15/02/15 20:40:35,000 kernel[0]: process name mdworker (pid 2969)
    15/02/15 20:41:51,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1424029311 0
    Please help, this is frustrating... :-/

    So, same thing happens again..
    iMac freezes when I browse web with Safari, here is new console log:
    18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 3982970 free pages and 178566 wired pages
    18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 65FD562A-2322-3761-B241-0F6D07DCF30F
    18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
    18/02/15 10:20:39,000 kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPchS eriesAHCI/PRT1@1/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOB lockStorageDriver/OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Macintosh HD@2
    18/02/15 10:20:42,435 WindowServer[122]: Display 0x04272d40: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[2560 x 1440], 39 modes available
    Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor 610, Model 9cb5, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
    UUID 0x7eaceae36e58dbb8a1463bb9034010b9
    18/02/15 10:20:42,441 WindowServer[122]: Display 0x04272d40: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[2560 x 1440], 39 modes available
    Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor 610, Model 9cb5, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
    UUID 0x7eaceae36e58dbb8a1463bb9034010b9
    18/02/15 10:24:42,663 mds[60]: (Normal) Volume: volume:0x7f8d13871e00 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/firmwaresyncd.VZaTlM
    19/02/15 15:45:24,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1424357124 0
    EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
    Report generated 19 Feb 2015 15:51:03 GMT+1
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    Hardware Information: ℹ️
        iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) (Technical Specifications)
        iMac - model: iMac11,1
        1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
        16 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
                4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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