Virus in safari after installing OS Lion

Shortly after installing OSX Lion, I downloaded content from three "Rorshach" sites, and now whenever I open Safari, three windows open and a dialogue box pops up in front saying I have won a free iPad.  There is no way to close the pop-up, and I have to force quite Safari to use my computer.  I can't uninstall and reinstall Safari, because it is part of the operating system.  What should I do?  I have time machine backups of my data, but not my OS.

As Kirk says, you don't have a virus.
In Lion, apps re-open whatever windows were open when they quit the next time you start them up.  So, you quit Safari with those pop-ups open, so it's trying to re-open them every time you launch it again.
Why can't you close those pop-ups?  All Safari windows should be closeable, and I'm not aware of any way to prevent that.  Can you provide a screenshot?  Use command-shift-3 (or command-shift-4 to select only a part of the screen), then upload the photo here by clicking the camera icon in the editor.

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