Do I have a virus? Everything is really slow and I get the beachball all the time

Enen at startup I get the beach ball. iPhoto is the worst but opening any app is really slow. If I do any editing in iPhoto it takes forever to respond and the beach ball is spinning. Help?

Delete all items in System Preferences > Users & Groups  (or Account) > Login Items
Same for HD > Library > StartupItems
And make sure there's enough free space on the startup disk.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure there's at least 15% available space.
Russell... when you post for help, please tell us which Mac OS X you have installed. Troubleshooting can depend on that information.

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