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imac very slow but disc ok

My +/- 5 year old iMac is running very slow - all applications - Safari, Photos - in fact any function.


I am running Snow Leopard.


I repaired the disc with the Snow Leopard disc utilities and it is ok.


I am wondering whether it has a virus. I tried downloading a virus scanner but the process takes so long (and the program I eventually downloaded would not work with Snow Leopard in the end).


Any suggestions before I take it in to the Geek Squad?


Thanks

iMac (24-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Dec 4, 2013 10:40 AM

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Posted on Dec 4, 2013 4:09 PM

There's not much chance that this is due to any kind of malware. Further, the anti-virus software you downloaded could be contributing to the problem. What software is it?


There are some possible solutions to the problem in my Mac Performance Guide.

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