Antivirus apps: AVG, CleanMyMac
As suggested in the posts above, I would uninstall the above using the Developer's uninstall instructions. If you get the problem resolved, you can try reinstalling them later if you want to. I would also uninstall the Norton programs you have installed.
You may need to rebuild permissions on your user account. To do this,boot to your Recovery partition (holding down the Command and R keys while booting) and open Terminal from the Utilities menu. In Terminal, type: ‘resetpassword’ (without the ’s), hit return, and select the admin user. You are not going to reset your password. Click on the icon for your Macs hard drive at the top. From the drop down below it select the user account which is having issues. At the bottom of the window, you'll see an area labeled Restore Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the reset button there. The process takes a few minutes. When complete, restart.
Repair User Permissions
User/File Permissions - How to Fix