I click on something in safari and it opens up an ad in new tab

I have 8.0.5 version of safari and ever since i accidentally went on a dodgy website it has been opening up ads in new tabs whenever i click on something in the browser. Can't get anything done and I have tried everything that i have searched online. Please help. this is the second macbook I have had in 3 months because of stuff ups.

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