How to get rid of pop ups on screen??

I have a macbook pro and have had it for two years now. I have never had a virus or nothing wrong with it, since Ive had it.. I also download a fair bit of stuff, but recently i have noticed when i go onto the internet, (google chrome or safari) they both have pop ups on the right and left side and also down the bottom of the screen which is really annoying. The pop ups do have crosses on them which allows me to close them but they still pop up again and again once the page has reloaded. I also get heaps of pop ups coming up as seperate pages when I am surfing the net even though the pop up box is checked.. It is really annoying and affecting the internet.. I dont know what else to do? Please help!

kayateford wrote:
even though the pop up box is checked
Is there a particular scamware that consistantly pops up?  Or is this general annoying advertisements.
Did it just start happening all one day??
There is AddBlocker PLus for FireFox
There is AdBlock for Safari
There is AdBlockPlus for Chrome

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        <dict>
            <key>Label</key>
            <string>cn.com.zte.mobile.usbswapper.plist</string>
            <key>OnDemand</key>
            <false/>
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                <string>/Applications/Join Me.app/Contents/Resources/Mac_SwapperDemonForMobile.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac_Swap perDemonForMobile</string>
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            <true/>
            <key>program</key>
            <string>/Applications/Join Me.app/Contents/Resources/Mac_SwapperDemonForMobile.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac_Swap perDemonForMobile</string>
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                <string>BBLaunchAgent</string>
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