Home screen appears without home button

My screen reverts to home screen very, very often without me pressing the home screen button.

The Basic Troubleshooting Steps are:
Restart... Reset... Restore from Backup... Restore as New...
Try a Reset...
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.
If no joy... Try a Restore...First from Backup...
1: Connect the device to your computer and open iTunes.
2: If the device appears in iTunes, select and click Restore on the Summary pane.
Restart / Reset
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Backing up, Updating and Restoring
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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I installed Yosemite and now my computer is slow when logging in. Also when I type my password the screen images are distorted. After that my home screen appears and everything seems normal. What can I do to fix this?

I installed Yosemite and now my computer is slow when logging in. Also when I type my password, a bar appears measuring the process and then all of a sudden the screen images are distorted. After that my home screen appears and everything seems normal. What can I do to fix this?
Here is what the etrecheck results are:
Problem description:
slow at start up, screen is distorted while logging in, it is fine after
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated April 5, 2015 at 9:42:01 AM PDT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 297
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:7:0
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (174.85 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.1.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.1.0) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.1.0) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
    HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.ucupdate.plist
    [failed]    com.apple.watchdogd.plist [Click for details]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.LMILaunchAgentFixer.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeingui.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.logmein.raupdate.plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
    Android File Transfer Agent    Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
    HP Product Research    Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Customer Participation/HP Product Research.app)
    HPEventHandler    Application (/Library/Printers/hp/hpio/HPEventHandler.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    LogMeInSafari64: Version: 1.0.660 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    LogMeIn: Version: 1.0.660 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    LogMeInSafari32: Version: 1.0.660 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.1 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         7%    ocspd
         4%    WindowServer
         1%    kextd
         0%    ps
         0%    securityd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    137 MB    Microsoft Word
    120 MB    Safari
    86 MB    ocspd
    82 MB    CalendarAgent
    77 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    310 MB    Free RAM
    1.89 GB    Active RAM
    1.55 GB    Inactive RAM
    544 MB    Wired RAM
    1.13 GB    Page-ins
    8 KB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Apr 5, 2015, 09:32:47 AM    Self test - passed
    Apr 5, 2015, 09:30:05 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AdobeResourceSynchronizer_2015 -04-05-093005_[redacted].crash
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