Can't seem to block pop ups on my Imac

Hello i have an Imac osx 10.6.8. My current browsers are Safari, Chrome and Firefox. For some reason no matter which browser i use i always get pop ups. I have checked on all of them and have made certain that there block pop ups feature was enabled. But still i get pop ups. The only thing i can think of is that all of this started when i started watching Hulu on my computer. Any help would be awesome. Thanks again.

The current trend is for Downlite to be causing them, although there are other possibilities.
For that : see
You installed the "DownLite" trojan
or
The Safe Mac » Adware Removal Guide : DownLite

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