Q: My Macbook Pro is too slow!

I am only running Firefox, Papers2 and Pages and 3.99GB of my 4GB ram is being used up. A detailed description of my system I took with EtreCheck is below.

There is a kernel task that is using a lot of my memory, does anyone know what this is ?

I hope someone can help me !

Best,

Problem description:

my computer is too slow!

EtreCheck version: 2.0.10 (97)

Report generated 2 November 2014 08:09:22 CET

Hardware Information: ℹ️

    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)

    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2

    1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

    4 GB RAM Upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

    Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB

        Color LCD 1440 x 900

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 4:17:44

Disk Information: ℹ️

    Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 499.25 GB (94.22 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

USB Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

        /Incompatible Software/InterCheck.app

    [not loaded]    com.sophos.kext.sav (7.1.1) Support

        /Incompatible Software/Parallels Service.app

    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (6.0 12106.692267) Support

    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (6.0 12106.692267) Support

    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (6.0 12106.692267) Support

    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (6.0 12106.692267) Support

    [not loaded]    com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (6.0 12106.692267) Support

        /Library/Extensions

    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.1.8) Support

    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.1.8) Support

    [not loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.1.8) Support

    [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.1.8) Support

        /System/Library/Extensions

    [not loaded]    com.haier.driver.evdo (1.0.6) Support

Startup Items: ℹ️

    FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon

    VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox

    Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X

Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support

    [invalid?]    com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support

    [invalid?]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist Support

    [running]    com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support

    [invalid?]    com.mozy.backup.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support

    [running]    com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support

    [invalid?]    com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support

    [running]    com.sophos.notification.plist Support

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support

    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support

    [invalid?]    com.akamai.client.plist Support

    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support

    [invalid?]    org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist Support

User Login Items: ℹ️

    Citations    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

    Google Notifier    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    EvernoteHelper    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    Skype    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    Google Notifier    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    Mozy Status    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    iAntiVirus    UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)

    TTSL Olive VME101 Dialer    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    SOHOCalendarsService    UNKNOWN (missing value)

    SpeechSynthesisServer    Application (/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesisServer.app)

    SophosUIServer    Application (/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosUIServer.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11  Support

    AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1016264: Version: AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin 1.0.16 Support

    OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.2 Support

    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support

    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support

    Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support

    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support

    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version

User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.79 Support

    Move_Media_Player: Version: npmnqmp 071503000004 Support

    Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

    Evernote Web Clipper

    Save to Pocket

    Feeder

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

    AppTrap  Support

    DivX  Support

    Flash Player  Support

    Flip4Mac WMV  Support

    Growl  Support

    Java  Support

    MacFUSE  Support

    Xmarks for Safari  Support

Time Machine: ℹ️

    Skip System Files: NO

    Auto backup: YES

    Destinations:

        Time Machine Backups [Local]

        Total size: 999.86 GB

        Total number of backups: 74

        Oldest backup: 2011-09-30 09:35:52 +0000

        Last backup: 2014-10-29 15:40:43 +0000

        Size of backup disk: Excellent

            Backup size 999.86 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

        23%    storeagent

        10%    WindowServer

         1%    mds_stores

         1%    sysmond

         1%    plugin-container

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    442 MB    firefox

    146 MB    Finder

    139 MB    mds_stores

    125 MB    installd

    107 MB    WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    479 MB    Free RAM

    1.40 GB    Active RAM

    1.00 GB    Inactive RAM

    916 MB    Wired RAM

    1.21 GB    Page-ins

    114 MB    Page-outs