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Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate - mouse or explorer.exe hands up system completely
Still_Game:
Malwarebytes should work well with most conventional antiviruses for a multi layer approach but Malwarebytes claim that their software is really all you need. I run mine alongside Microsoft Security Essentials and I'm pretty confident in that combination.
I'm not familiar with the other software you mention except for Advanced System Care, which I would not recommend. Registry cleaners are a big no-no! Even Tweaking.com's Windows Repair is designed only be run to resolve specific errors rather than being a system tune-up. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Boggin:
So it isn't MBAM in your case.
Let's start with a chkdsk /r to see if that reports any KBs in bad sectors.
I'm not sure if I've already gone through with you how to view a chkdsk log but open Event Viewer, ensure Event Viewer (Local) is highlighted in the left pane by clicking on it if necessary and when it has read the data, expand Windows Logs - click on Application/Action/Find then type chkdsk or wininit into the Find box and press enter.
Cancel the Find box and read the log in the scrollable window below.
As it can go for a few days without freezing then I doubt it would be anything in your start menu, so a clean boot probably wouldn't ID one of those items in your Start up menu.
The next time you have to reboot to get out of it, check to see if Event Viewer or reliability history has recorded anything adverse for the time of the freeze.
FreeCat:
Thanks, guys.
Boggin, I have a 2 TB Samsung SSD, so is a checkdisk with /r a thing that applies?
BTW, I have never been able to get the Samsung Magician to work properly; I mean it is runnning but will not "accept the update drive". By this I mean. it only seems to "see" the Hitachi drive on my system.
OK, in looking for the version of the software, I see and update is available. So, I will update and report back.
FreeCat:
OK, so I updated the software and still am not sure that it has recognized the SSD.
Now in German, but I did not see a choice for English. PICTURE ATTACHED
Boggin:
No - a chkdsk does not apply to a SSD.
I couldn't understand what your pic was telling me.
The Magician not recognizing a Samsung SSD is a known problem, but I don't know if that is the cause of your freezes.
If you can resolve that and the freezes cease, then it could have been the problem.
This article gives some remedial steps which may resolve the recognition problem.
https://appuals.com/fix-samsung-magician-doesnt-recognize-ssd/
Let us know how you get on.
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