Chrome Slowing Down MacBook 17" Pro from 2010?

Hi, My laptop started slowing last week, particularly when using chrome. I haven't installed anything, and someone recommended I try posting my EtreCheck results here. Any ideas? Thanks in advance 🙂

Problem description:

slow down. particularly with chrome

EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)

Report generated 5/5/15, 3:21 PM

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,1

1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 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

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 359 - SN = 9G033048MDN5A

Video Information: ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1920 x 1200

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: one day 1:33:38

Disk Information: ℹ️

Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (119.56 GB free)

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

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Configuration files: ℹ️

/etc/hosts - Count: 15

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (3.2.10) [Click for support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (3.2.10) [Click for support]

[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (3.2.10) [Click for support]

[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (3.2.10) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.67) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.67) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.1.1) [Click for support]

/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.1.1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.1.1) [Click for support]

[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.1.1) [Click for support]

Startup Items: ℹ️

VirtualBox: Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox

Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.auth.plist [Click for support]

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist [Click for support]

[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist [Click for support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]

[running] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist [Click for support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]

[loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist [Click for support]

[failed] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

Steam UNKNOWN (missing value)

iTunesHelper UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)

Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

Lotus Notes Helper Application (/Applications/Notes.localized/Notes.app/Contents/MacOS/Support/Lotus Notes Helper.app)

BlackBerry Device Manager Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/BlackBerry/BlackBerry Device Manager.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]

Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 [Click for support]

Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.41.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]

iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.0 [Click for support]

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.4 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 Check version

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

DivX [Click for support]

Flash Player [Click for support]

Growl [Click for support]

Java [Click for support]

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]

Perian [Click for support]

Tuxera NTFS [Click for support]

Xmarks for Safari [Click for support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

14% Activity Monitor

11% WindowServer

8% Google Chrome Helper(13)

2% Google Chrome

1% sysmond

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

1.52 GB Google Chrome Helper(13)

462 MB kernel_task

213 MB Google Chrome

57 MB WindowServer

53 MB mds_stores

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

272 MB Free RAM

3.16 GB Used RAM

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

May 4, 2015, 01:44:50 PM Self test - passed