New Macbook Pro (15-inch) freeze few times daily

This is insane.....My new 15-inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display that I bought just 2 weeks ago freeze few times a day every single day. I did read about this known issue everywhere on internet, but having the laptop freeze few times every single day is another thing...maybe time to stay away from Apple product or what??????

Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          16 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel Iris Pro - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B3116) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:26
Disk Information:
          APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (409.41 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          com.pgp.iokit.PGPwdeDriver          (1.2.0d1)
          com.sophos.nke.swi          (9.0.53 - SDK 10.8)
          com.pgp.iokit.PGPdiskDriver          (9)
          com.sophos.kext.sav          (9.0.53 - SDK 10.7)
          com.Symantec.kext.SAVAPComm          (11.0.6)
Startup Items:
          AltirisAgent: Path: /Library/StartupItems/AltirisAgent
          NortonMissedTasks: Path: /Library/StartupItems/NortonMissedTasks
          PGPDesktopWatcher: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PGPDesktopWatcher
          quest-owcimomd: Path: /Library/StartupItems/quest-owcimomd
          quest-qmxcmd: Path: /Library/StartupItems/quest-qmxcmd
          SMC: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SMC
          SymAutoProtect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymAutoProtect
          SymProtector: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymProtector
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] BESAgentDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.pgp.framework.PGPwde.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.quest.rc.ipwatchd.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.quest.vasd.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.quest.vasgpd.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.configuration.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.intercheck.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.managementagent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.messagerouter.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.notification.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.scan.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.sxld.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.webd.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.uiserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.symantec.quickmenu.application.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.2.0f4 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.6.5 3rd-Party support link
          net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: (null) 3rd-Party support link
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) 3rd-Party support link
          SymAutoProtect
          Symantec\nQuickMenu 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          Solver:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
          SLLauncher:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Silverlight/OutOfBrowser/SLLauncher.app
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
                    Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    My Day:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
                    Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Outlook:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
          dynamiclinkmanager:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
          dynamiclinkmediaserver:          Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app
          Music Manager:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Audacity:          Version: 2.0.4.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 465.12 GB Disk used: 83.83 GB
          Destinations:
                    My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 931.16 GB
                    Total number of backups: 2
                    Oldest backup: 2014-01-04 22:53:56 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-01-04 23:40:57 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Adequate
                              Backup size 931.16 GB > (Disk used 83.83 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
              96%          InterCheck
               2%          EtreCheck
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          BESAgent
               1%          hidd
Top Processes by Memory:
          557 MB          SymAutoProtect
          164 MB          Dock
          164 MB          Messages
          147 MB          InterCheck
          147 MB          SophosScanD
Virtual Memory Information:
          9.74 GB          Free RAM
          3.27 GB          Active RAM
          1.73 GB          Inactive RAM
          1.24 GB          Wired RAM
          476 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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