Want to erase and install + upgrade to Snow Leopard and remove virus.

Hi,
I'd like to do an erase and install after all these problems on my computer here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2751511&tstart=0
I'd like to upgrade to Snow Leopard at the same time.
I was thinking of making a clone with Super Duper to an external hard disk.
I was also thinking of making another clone to this Strato 500GB online storage offer here:
http://www.strato-hosting.co.uk/online-storage-hidrive/index.html
That way I'd have two backups if one went wrong.
Is there anywhere I can get step my step instructions on how to go ahead with the upgrade and how to import the files I need afterwards without importing any previous nasties?
Primarily I need to import:
1) Various files on my desktop, which consist of Adobe files, Word, Text, PDF and JPEGS etc. (easy, I can do this)
2) Data for the following applications: (I don't know how to do this and NEED to keep the files)
My iPhoto Library
my iTunes library
my Mail history
iCal
Photobooth pics
my Skype history
my aMSN History
"Things" data
Safari Bookmarks
Firefox Bookmarks
Address Book
Any tips on how to proceed would be much appreciated.
Many thanks.

Drag your home folder in /Users/ or elsewhere to another location, restart from the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD, use the Disk Utility in the Utilities menu to erase the drive, install the OS, and drag the items back from your old home folder as desired.
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