IMac super slow

In the last few weeks my iMac has become super slow. Lots of spinning beach balls. Reinstalled Mavericks. Used Disk Utilities to verify and repair permission and verify disk. OnyX to clean up some issues. Minimized start Login items. Cleaned up old apps I wasn't using. Emptied Trash. Only one item on Dashboard.
Installed Etrecheck and have included the output. I'm hoping someone can help me out, before I do a clean install.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 5, 2014 at 5:20:38 PM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,2
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
12 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 1:21:24
Disk Information: ?
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (659.84 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ?
HP Officejet Pro 8500 A910
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Logitech USB Receiver
Bose Corporation Bose USB Audio
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Generic External         1 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Support
[not loaded] com.contentwatch.ghoti.NARCPacketInterceptor (1 - SDK 10.8) Support
[loaded] com.contentwatch.iokit.netnanny.service (1908 - SDK 10.4) Support
[loaded] com.contentwatch.netnanny.BootTime (10.7 - SDK 10.8) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.14 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[failed] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Daemon.plist Support
[running] com.contentwatch.NetNanny.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.crashplan.engine.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.contentwatch.ghoti.Agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.contentwatch.ghoti.UpdaterAgent.plist Support
[running] com.contentwatch.NetNanny.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.sheepsystems.BookMacster.5E198E4B-57...plist Support
[loaded] com.sheepsystems.BookMacster.5E198E4B-57...plist Support
[failed] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
CrashPlan menu bar
Dropbox
Fantastical
WeathrClip
Google Drive
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
NPRoblox: Version: 1.0.2.11 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.3 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions: ?
AdBlock-8
B4G_Safari-2
Duplicate Tab Button-3
NewWindowButton-3 (Disabled)
Reload Button-2
Sessions-4
Awesome Screenshot-6
Grammarly Lite - Smart Spellchecker-9
Download Shuttle (Disabled)
1Password
Adblock Plus-2 (Disabled)
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins ?
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
SheepSystemsNPAPIPlugin: Version: 85 - SDK 10.8 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      6% WindowServer
      1% OnyX
      1% Dock
      1% fontd
      0% MailTab Pro for Gmail
Top Processes by Memory: ?
455 MB OnyX
307 MB CrashPlanService
307 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
283 MB Safari
209 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ?
5.45 GB Free RAM
4.84 GB Active RAM
750 MB Inactive RAM
994 MB Wired RAM
831 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
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