Does task manager show any process when everything freezes? If not, I'm guessing you are infected. Ill post what I have on another topic.
However It could be a case of an Anti-Virus.
Download TFC TO YOUR DESKTOP!
Close everything
Open TFC
Click start for it to run through your Temp files, and remove everything. (This totalled to around 1GB on my PC).
Let TFC run, don't interrupt it.
TFC will then automatically restart your PC. (If not restart it yourself).
Download SuperAntiSpyware
Install SuperAntiSpyware and let it update if there is any (Important).
Once installed and ran, press the Scan your computer button.
Do a COMPLETE SCAN of your PC.
This may take a few hours, so do it overnight if it effects your PC performance.
Remove anything found.
Download Malwarebytes' AntiMalware.
Run through and install Malwarebytes.
Make sure you Update the software.
Press Perform Full Scan
This may take a few hours, so do it overnight if it effects your PC performance.
Once finished clean all found, and restart your PC.
Finally, run a online scan with ESET Online Scanner
You will need to run this under Internet Explorer.
Go through, accept terms etc, start.
Allow the ActiveX control to install
Make sure that the options Remove found threats and the option Scan unwanted applications is checked
Click Scan
You should now be relatively clean from most detected Threat's. I cannot guarantee this will remove everything. Now my hand hurts from typing.