I have suddenly started getting annoying pop up adverts. how do i stop this

i have suddenly started to get annoying pop up adverts, how can I stop this ? also my laptop has at the same time become very hot underneath. Is this related ?

Possibly
Check this for the first question:
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg
thttp://www.thesafemac.com/art

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