My iMac early 2009 freezing issue

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Quick question.


Almost every day my iMac early 2009 freezes with no reason. Only thing I can do is hard reset. What to do, what is the cause. What to provide, any log? Where to find it?

Please help.

My EtreCheck logs:

EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 6/3/15, 8:54 PM
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
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 1920 x 1200

System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:46:59

Disk Information: ℹ️
ST31000342ASQ disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Untitled (disk0s2) / : 999.35 GB (631.93 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S

USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v1.0
HGST Touro Mobile 3.0 1 TB
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Touro (disk3s2) /Volumes/Touro : 999.86 GB (536 MB free)
Toshiba External USB 3.0 1 TB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Toshiba (disk2s2) /Volumes/Toshiba : 999.86 GB (72.20 GB free)
Western Digital My Book 1230 4 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
My Book (disk1s2) /Volumes/My Book : 4.00 TB (2.86 TB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Karabiner.app
[loaded] org.pqrs.driver.Karabiner (10.6.0 - SDK 10.10) [Click for support]

/Applications/Radio Silence.app
[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.filter (1 - SDK 10.7) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouse (8.2) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.6 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseBluetooth (8.2) [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftMouseUSB (8.2) [Click for support]

Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.epson.Epson_Low_Ink_Reminder.launcher.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.epson.esua.launcher.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.extensis.FMCore.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.agent.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.wacom.pentablet.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[running] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.torch.update.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Box Sync Application (/Applications/Box Sync.app)
Karabiner Application (/Applications/Karabiner.app)
Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
WDDriveUtilityHelper Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
BambooCore Application (/Library/Application Support/Wacom/BambooCore.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 45 Check version
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: 3.0.0.0 - SDK 10.9 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.188 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.40416.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.188 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.2 [Click for support]

Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Facebook Cleaner
uBlock
GooglePlus

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Microsoft Mouse [Click for support]
PenTablet [Click for support]

Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
4% WindowServer
2% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)
1% Box Sync Monitor
1% plugin-container
1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
1.07 GB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(5)
668 MB kernel_task
524 MB firefox
442 MB Safari
426 MB Google Chrome Helper(8)

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
62 MB Free RAM
7.94 GB Used RAM
2 MB Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jun 3, 2015, 08:04:24 PM Self test - passed
Jun 3, 2015, 02:08:36 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Creative Cloud_2015-06-03-140836_[redacted].crash
Jun 3, 2015, 03:44:23 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Creative Cloud_2015-06-03-034423_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 02:36:04 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Creative Cloud_2015-06-02-143604_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 10:29:00 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManBridgeTalkCmd_2015-06-02-102900_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 09:41:58 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5_2015-06-02-094158_[redacted].hang
Jun 1, 2015, 02:21:43 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/discoveryd_2015-06-01-142143_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Jun 1, 2015, 08:31:26 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/familycircled_2015-06-01-083126_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 10:23:37 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AppZapper_2015-06-02-102337_[redacted].crash
Jun 2, 2015, 08:08:36 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PDApp_2015-06-02-080836_[redacted].hang
 
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You do have an ernormous amount of additional software. Have you tried strting in safe mode and see if the problem still exists and one must ask, any antivirus software?
 
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You do have an ernormous amount of additional software. Have you tried strting in safe mode and see if the problem still exists and one must ask, any antivirus software?

I have only essential ones now, but true it might be the problem. But what's true also, this problem started immediately after fresh reinstall of the system. I do not have any antivirus software but every 3 months I do the general check.
 
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After your next hiccup it might be better to pot from the Console log and did the Safe Mode do anything?
 

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I don't think that quite answers Harry's question. Try booting in safe mode again and let us know what happened.

As an alternative to that try the following if you can boot for even a few minutes. Once you log into your account go to System Preferences and create a new administrator user account (from the Users & Groups pane). Now log out of your current account and into the new one. What happens then?

Note: Do not add any login items to this account right now.

Speaking of login items: Did you add any new login items or software just before this problem started?
 

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