mega slow

I just had to reboot several times to get things working. My machine had been turned off for a few hours while I did errands. I plugged it in, booted, and nothing worked. Finally I ran Disk Repair, still nothing worked. Then I tried Etrecheck, but it wouldn't launch, and I got an alert about not being able to update. Finally I reset Pram, and unplugged the external drives. After reboot, Etrecheck was able to run.

Now I don't know whether more action is required. I cannot find the Adobe.ARM plist that's below in red.

EtreCheck version: 2.9.10 (261)

Report generated 2016-03-29 22:40:21

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 4:53

Performance: Good

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Check Apple signatures: Enabled

Problem: Other problem

Description:

slow restart. apps would not run till after safe boot, disk repair and pram reset. this took several tries. etrecheck would not launch, nor crashplan.

Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,3

1 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Check Battery - Cycle count = 651

Video Information: ⓘ

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB

System Software: ⓘ

OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

hadar (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (135.79 GB free)

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

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N ()

USB Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Built-in iSight

Apple Card Reader

Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Applications/TechTool Pro 7.app

[not loaded] com.micromat.driver.spdKernel (1 - SDK 10.8 - 2014-11-17) [Support]

[not loaded] com.micromat.driver.spdKernel-10-8 (1 - SDK 10.8 - 2014-11-17) [Support]

/Applications/Utilities/DiskWarrior.app

[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (4.4 - 2012-07-23) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.3.0 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.NCHSoftware.driver.SoundTapVirtualAudioDevice (1.0.0d1 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.markspace.driver.Android.RNDIS (1.2 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2.1 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.2.0w4 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

~/Library/Application Support/Sparkle/Transmit/Transmit 4.1.9 Update/Transmit.app

[not loaded] com.panic.TransmitDisk.transmitdiskfs (4.0.0 - SDK 10.5 - 2012-05-07) [Support]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 161 Apple tasks

[running] 68 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 43 Apple tasks

[loaded] 154 Apple tasks

[running] 90 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2015-12-14) [Support]

[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a...plist (2015-12-17) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist (2015-12-14) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (2015-12-17) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (2015-12-17) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2015-12-14) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-03-18) [Support]

[running] com.crashplan.engine.plist (2016-03-23) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist (2015-12-15) [Support]

[loaded] com.wdc.WDPrivilegedHelper.plist (2016-03-19) [Support]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2015-12-21) [Support]

[failed] com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist (2010-02-03) - /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/SafariSyncClient.app/Contents/MacOS/SafariSyn cClient: Executable not found!

User Login Items: ⓘ

apple-scc-20151117-123139 UNKNOWN (missing value)

CrashPlan menu bar Application (/Applications/CrashPlan.app/Contents/Helpers/CrashPlan menu bar.app)

apple-scc-20160105-172143 UNKNOWN (missing value)

WDDriveUtilityHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)

Other Apps: ⓘ

[running] J8RPQ294UB.com.skitch.SkitchHelper

[running] QA2G25RMZ4.com.wunderkinder.wunderlist-helper

[running] com.code42.b42menuextra.1478752

[running] com.dashlane.DashlaneAgent

[running] com.etresoft.EtreCheck.566432

[loaded] 396 Apple tasks

[running] 181 Apple tasks

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.197 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-24) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-01-29)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 15.009.20077 - SDK 10.8 (2015-12-21) [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: 15.009.20077 - SDK 10.8 (2015-12-21) [Support]

Flash Player: 21.0.0.197 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-24) [Support]

Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-01-29)

Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (2015-12-13) [Support]

Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-01-17) [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: 15.0.1 - SDK 10.7 (2015-12-14) Check version

User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (2013-04-25) [Support]

RealPlayer Plugin: Unknown

Safari Extensions: ⓘ

Buffer (2016-03-02)

Pin It Button (2015-12-08)

Evernote Web Clipper (2015-12-08)

Dashlane (2016-01-23)

Save to Pocket (2015-11-06)

Shortly (2015-03-05)

Fontface Ninja (2016-02-22)

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

Flash Player (2016-03-18) [Support]

Growl (2015-12-14) [Support]

Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

hadar: Disk size: 499.25 GB Disk used: 363.46 GB

Destinations:

ozer [Local]

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 55

Oldest backup: 11/29/15, 11:45 PM

Last backup: 3/29/16, 8:26 AM

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 499.25 GB X 3)

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

8% mdworker(5)

5% WindowServer

2% kernel_task

1% CrashPlan menu bar

1% mds

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

656 MB kernel_task

262 MB mds_stores

254 MB CrashPlanService

205 MB mdworker(5)

172 MB ocspd

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

703 MB Free RAM

7.56 GB Used RAM (2.08 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

Mar 29, 2016, 10:23:25 PM Self test - passed

Mar 28, 2016, 09:57:01 AM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/fontd_2016-03-28-095701_[redacted].crash

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/fontd