Slow MacBook Air Mavericks 10.9.5

This is my Etrecheck Report, I have erased most of my pictures and transferred them to a HD, I have also emptied the trash with the secure empty trash, and erased the some other things that I had installed to check the usage of the disk...
Thank you for your help...
Problem description:
She cannot multitask as great as she used to do. Internet gets really slow and it has always worked pretty fast. I haven’t called the company but will do so tomorrow to make them check, too.
Recently I transferred some information to and from a hard drive
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 11, 2015 at 8:55:07 PM GMT+1
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 Air (11-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,1
    1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 372
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
        Color LCD 1366 x 768
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F1066) - Time since boot: 1:33:57
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD TS064E disk0 : (60,67 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 59.47 GB (23.90 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 59.81 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Startup Items: ℹ️
    HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
    HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
    StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
    Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application Hidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Reminders    Application Hidden (/Applications/Reminders.app)
    Calendar    Application Hidden (/Applications/Calendar.app)
    ZipCloud    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    Dropbox    Application Hidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 [Click for support]
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    Cuevana Stream
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: OFF
    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 59.47 GB Disk used: 35.58 GB
    Destinations:
        Time Machine Backups [Local]
        Total size: 499.76 GB
        Total number of backups: 11
        Oldest backup: 2012-11-17 00:16:19 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-03-08 19:51:58 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Excellent
            Backup size 499.76 GB > (Disk size 59.47 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         7%    WindowServer
         2%    com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
         0%    aosnotifyd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    137 MB    softwareupdated
    116 MB    Safari
    92 MB    mds_stores
    86 MB    com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
    73 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    48 MB    Free RAM
    1.74 GB    Active RAM
    1.86 GB    Inactive RAM
    641 MB    Wired RAM
    548 MB    Page-ins
    49 KB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Mar 11, 2015, 07:21:00 PM    Self test - passed

    Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test.
     Start up in Safe Mode.
     http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204?viewlocale=en_US
     Repair Disk.
     http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
     Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
     Choose the method for:
     "Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".

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