How can i make my computer faster?

I recently have gotten my macbook pro just last month in june, and now it seems that certain things are really really slow.  Comparitively, safari seems to be taking forever opening up normal pages that didnt take long earlier.  i was wondering if it might be a virus slowing it down, but i see that there arent any mac os viruses known of.  So i was wondering what i could do to make it run faster again.

you don't have a virus in your macbook......
you already have the best anti virus protection installed - it's called OS X Lion.
open up activity monitor and under all processes, see what's using up most of your % CPU.  Hightlight the ones using a lot of your % CPU and hit quit process.
also see what's loading in your login items - delete the ones you think you don't need.
open disk utility and verify your disk then verify your disk permissions - repair if needed then restart your macbook.
also, how much RAM have you got installed?
good luck

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