How do I stop my cursor from activating when I hover?

I recently changed out my old trackball to the Apple Bluetooth trackpad (OS X 10.10.1 on a late 2013 Macbook Pro). Ever since, the cursor will activate a button/link if I hover briefly (less than a second), so I'm constantly being taken to pages I don't want to see, even though I haven't clicked on the button/link. How can I prevent this (or at least add to the delay before it activates)?
Many thanks,

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