Spinning ball.. IChat, dumping stuff from library on ITunes

Okay... have a few questions.. Lately i have been noticing that when i click on the red button in upper left side to close a window, I'm getting a colored spinning beach ball for several seconds.
Before it would just close the window or I'd get a black ball.
I've not done any house cleaning on my computer in a while... I have a IMac G4, flat panel... the pod design.
Also how to you use IChat?
I also had virus protection on my other computer.. a G3... is it possible to get an upgrade or another virus program for small fee. I think i had Symantec.
Another thing is I get low memory messages once in a while...
I have alot of stuff on my ITunes.. CD's from musical CD that i'd like to transfer to a CD... After I transfer them.. how do i throw what's in the library in the ITunes off my computer?
One more question.. i have OSX 10.2.8... is it possible to upgrade to the Jaguar or do i have to buy another program? I have 512 MB.
Thanks for all your help

You may want to look at this link..concerning Viruses
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This second one is for overall maintence...
Gulliver, "kmosx3: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System maintenance", 06:15am Mar 27, 2004 CDT
Cheers...Don
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