Downloaded mavericks, computer takes over 1 min to now to boot

Why does this happen ?

Fixing a Mavericks Installation Problem
How to manage a failed OS X Mavericks installation | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews.
Try these in order:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
     Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
     COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and
     after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears.
     Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

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    So, I went to Control Panel (by whatever method you get to your control method, just do it.) And I looked at all the programs which have been installed recently. And there they were, two programs. One called Conduit Search. Another was toolbar (with a number next to it, which I forget.)
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    However I found Conduit Search in programs and uninstalled. Needless to say when I restarted my computer I was finally BING FREE!!!!!
    I looked in Control Panel but this has been going on since I got this new computer. I didn't install all the programs so I don't know when it arrived here. I did do a search in Windows Explorer for "Conduit Search" there were 11 files but they were either gif. or shortcuts. When I searched for just "Conduit" there were 77 files found with .xml, PNG, .gif, java script, and maybe a couple others. A couple like .xml, I've never seen before. I also searched for "Bing" there were 54 files including shortcuts, ICO, .dll, WINMD, and more. I looked in Control Panel, Uninstall or change a program but there was nothing about Bing or Conduit.
    I can download and install programs, I can search for files on Windows Explorer, and other standard types of things, but I'm not sure at all about things like starting in Safe Mode or understanding some of the more technical replies, please answer in simple English.

    Run scans with multiple and up-to-date tools. Hopefully it will be easily detected and removed. <br />I would not suggest you try any manual hacks or edits of the Windows registry. (Once rogue files are removed any residual registry entry will not normally do any harm.) <br />
    In this case certainly use '''AdwCleaner''' and do not rely on only scanning with malwarebytes.
    Some of this unwanted software may be hard to detect because there may even be people that install it intentionally. Conduit itself is well known and often not liked.
    <u>Check your Search Bar setting</u><br />
    One obvious thing to check is what you have selected as the search engine in Firefox's search bar. That will be used by all searches is that Bing, or Bing related. By default the search bar offers a few options and the original default is usually Google.
    * [[Search bar - Easily choose your favorite search engine]]
    **[[How to use popular search suggestions in the Search Bar]]
    <u>Check the Shortcuts used to start Firefox</u><br />
    As a test try to start Firefox from the ''Run'' option. Use shortcut Windows Key+R to use the Run option and enter ''firefox.exe'' and hit the Return. If firefox then starts normally the problem may be that you have a corrupt or modified shortcut. <br />Right clicking shortcuts alloows their properties to be displayed, is some site address tacked on to the end of the firefox name ?
    <u>Use the SearchReset addon, after any malware is removed</u> <br />
    Also see [[Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page]] Note in particular the use of the addon searchreset mentioned in that article. The addon is installs, resets things to normal and then uninstalls itself.
    * https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/
    <u>Please check again for malware </u>
    You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
    * [http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/default.aspx Microsoft Safety Scanner]
    * [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
    * [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
    * [http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/ Hitman Pro]
    * [http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ ESET Online Scanner]
    *''' [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ AdwCleaner: (for adware)]'''
    * [http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan Kaspersky Free security scan]
    You need to use multiple and up-to-date tools as they will not all pick up the same things.
    [http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good FREE permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
    Further information can be found in the [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]] article.

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