I would like to restore Macbook Pro, I do not have an OS disc and Safari seems to have a virus.

I would like to state that I just purchased a brand new Macbook Pro roughly a week ago. Whenever I open Safari, it immediately directs me to an infinite pop up. once this happens, I cannot navigate throughout the internet as ads pop up one after the other and will not stop. I can't close any of these pop ups and I have to force shut down. I did not receive an OS install disc with my laptop and since I can't acces Safari properly, I am unable to restore the computer to its factory settings. please help me in figuring this out.
Thank you.

Macs do not come with optical media anymore but you can reformat your Mac using Mountain Lion Recovery
But before you do that, try troubleshooting Safari.
From your Safari menu bar top of your screen click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.
Click:  Remove All Website Data
Now open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy / paste:   ~/Library/Safari
Click Go then move the following files from the Safari folder to the Trash.
Downloads.plist
LastSession.plist
History.plist
Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If Safari functions as it should, go to Safari > Preferences then select the Security tab.
Select:   Block pop-up windows

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