System slowdown caused by Mail. Application error or worm???

Hi there!
After wondering for a long time why my system is gone so slowly (i never do a restart, just awake from sleep) i figured out that mail is the problem.
Problem is that just after starting mail the activity monitor shows a cpu usage of about 45%, but there is no process in the list causing it. also, the disk activity shows a strange write value. while doing nothing special, it says that there are about 275 kb/s written on the disk! the most strange thing is that this behaviour stays altough mail is closed. the only thing to stop that is to restart the system and NOT open the mail application.
the other strange thing is the behaviours of other apps after using mail. handbrake, for example, is multithreaded an uses about 180% of cpu. after opening mail, it just uses about 100%, as if it is ignoring the 2nd core in my iMac.
now i am wondering if this is just an application error that should be fixed REALLY fast (because mail is my favourite email-client), or, and that should warn all us mac-users, it is some kind of worm/virus/trojan. remember microsoft outlook express? its very similar to mail becaus its winxp's standard mail-app... and you all know how riskful it is...
would be nice if anyone could help me, since the problem is fixed i will use another mail-client and advise this to all that have noticed the same behaviour

Hi Herogen.
Verify/repair your disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
If the problem persist after having fixed all filesystem issues, and you suspect Spotlight has a bearing on it, you may try re-creating its database by typing the following command in Terminal:
sudo mdutil -E /
The -E option tells Spotlight to delete any already existing index info (so that it's rebuilt from scratch all over again), and the / at the end means "apply this command to the boot volume".
After entering the command in Terminal, you'll be prompted for your administrator password. Just type it blindly (you won't see any feedback of the keystrokes while you type it) and then press <Return>.
For best results, quit Mail and don't play too much with your disk while Spotlight does its job -- i.e. avoid files being created/modified/deleted, mail being downloaded, etc.

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