Random freezing for a few seconds, intermittent

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  1. Posts : 75
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Random freezing for a few seconds, intermittent


    The past couple of days I've had this problem. Everything freezes for a few seconds, can't move the mouse or do anything. The fans in my computer have been noisy recently, I don't know if it's the GPU or the CPU though. I assume that's something to do with the hot weather here at the moment?

    I don't know where to begin really.
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  2. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #2

    That is an apt name for the hot weather mate.
    First try reseating the RAM and card.

    Now if you can run Speccy and let us know what the temps are Speccy - Download
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  3. Posts : 75
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and it found two instances of something called Adware.Agent.

    I also turned Windows Search off via Windows Features because it was pissing me off.

    I haven't had any freezing since.

    For now... resolved.
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  4. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #4

    Good stuff mate try these too as I was next going to suggest them anyway and MBAM was one so leave it out.
    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ download from bleeping computer
    http://www.superantispyware.com/
    http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ when/ if you install untick the trial box
    http://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-antivirus-tools go to the TDSS Killer ref .exe
    the last ref you can if you like it is worth keeping for late and the MBAM you have run already run but keep these in a small doc for reference.
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  5. Posts : 75
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    It just happened again but didn't even unfreeze. Had to reset my comp.

    I might be mistaken but it only seems to happen when I'm in Firefox?

    I'll run those things you suggested.
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  6. Posts : 75
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I don't think it's a temperature issue at all as I can play games and nothing ever happens.

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  7. Posts : 75
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Okay I've ran all of those you suggested and nothing was found except for a few tracking cookies in SUPERAntiSpyware.
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  8. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #8

    Well Roasty I think maybe mate for the time being perhaps it might be better to use something else rather than FireFox.

    Your temps are well within normal limits too.
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  9. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #9

    Some Options


    Try disabling "Use hardware when available" in Firefox.
    If you are using the default orange button:
    Options > Options > Advanced tab > General tab > "Use hardware when available".
    Try running FF in "Safe Mode".
    Sometimes add-ons can misbehave.
    The following tutorial describes how to run FF in "Safe Mode":
    Firefox - Start Firefox in "Safe Mode"

    Another thing you could try is creating a new FF profile.
    Corrupt files in the FF profile can cause weird problems.
    The following tutorial describes how to create new profiles:
    Firefox - Create and Run Multiple Profiles

    If the new profile fixes the problem you can copy the important files from your old profile to the new one (if you want).
    Transferring data to a new profile - Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
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  10. Posts : 75
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Still happens sometimes in Firefox even with all add-ons disabled.

    **** off.
    Last edited by keyboardface; 22 Jul 2013 at 15:32.
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