Measuring Tool hangs with Not Responding on a Windows 7

Is anyone else experiencing a problem with the Area Measuring Tool in 11.0.09 where there are consistent and multiple instances where the file will lock up with Not Responding for a full minute or two? Yes, the file is large. It is 100 mb in size; however, I can recreate the same problem on a much smaller pdf; but of course the recovery time is about a second or less and, therefore, less noticeable.
The specs of the workstation is as follows:
* Fully Patched Windows 7
* Ram 8 GB
* Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3340M CPU @ 2.70GHz
* Drive: 320.5 GB free out of 444.3 GB
To correct the issue, I downgraded to 11.0.06 without issues.

Had same issue with Firefox 8.0 in Windows 7 Home Premium-64 bit.
I disabled the VLC Multimedia Plug-in & problem was solved.
Click Tools (in Firefox)>>Add ons>>Plugins. Then find "VLC Multimedia Plug-in version...." and click "Disable".
In earlier versions of Firefox the culprit proved to be the "Realplayer Browser Record Plugin".

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