Can't upgrade iMac to Yosemite "because Mac OS X does not recognize internet addresses starting with "macappstores"

I want to upgrade Snow Leopard (10.6.8) to Yosemite. The download page on Apple website shows that my system meets all requirements;
however, when I click to download I get the following error message. The browser freezes and closing Safari is the only way I can get out of it:
safari cant open "macappstores://itunes.apple.com/webobjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=9150 41082&mt=12&ls=1&ign-msr=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fosx%2F" because Mac OS X doesn't recognize internet addresses starting with "macappstores"
iMac, purchased new in 2009
  Model Identifier: iMac9,1
     OS 10.6.8
  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 6 MB
  Memory: 2 GB
     Hard drive 320 GB (plenty of unused memory)
  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
Please help! What is wrong?

You are probably going to want to upgrade your memory (RAM). While 2 GB is the stated minimum, realistically 4 GB seems to be the consensus minimum. More is better.
The 2 places I’ve seen recommended most to buy reliable RAM are below. I have purchased RAM several times from Other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and service. They have on-line instructions on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested RAM above what Apple states is the maximum. I now have 6GB installed on a machine supposedly limited to 4 GB.
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Other World Computing
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