New Macbook pro is slowing down.any ideas why?

Hi There,
I bought a macbook pro last July and in the last week I have noticed it slowing down, loading webpages takes longer etc.... I updated to yosemite recently but I am not sure that is the issue. Could it be something to do with cache, someone was trying to download movies on it so maybe I have a small virus?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Read my earlier reply about virus.
You can forget about virus
You don't have one
I suggest you download and install EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Run EtreCheck and publish report here
Allan

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MacBook Pro is slowing down
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
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Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
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4 GB RAM Upgradeable
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