Use Activity Monitor to see what app(s) are not responding, then force quit them. You may consider reinstalling any apps, such as RealPlayer, that may not be operating properly.
Did you check Activity Monitor? And why are you running a virus scan? There are no viruses in the wild that run on current Mac OS X. What antivirus software are you running?
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