Junkware/Adware in browser - how to remove

Help!! Have no idea how it got installed but in all my browsers (safari, firefox and chrome) today strange search engines pop up and and other adware pages randomly open.
Have no idea how to get rid of them - its not extensions
Any ideas??
Thanks
iMac running 10.8.5

Click here and follow the instructions, or if there’s a type of adware not covered by them on the computer, these ones. If you're willing to use a tool to remove it(you don't need to, but may find it easier), you can instead run Adware Medic; this link is a direct download.
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