Random Pop Ups and Redirects All Over the Place

I have a new macbook air and today I had random ads showing up everywhere. Earlier today I did download a program that was suppose to help me play old movies, or so I thought. I also am being redirected to random websites and other random sites appear in a new window. My firefox is on and I have pop up blocks checked. What do I do?!

Looks like you got one of the Malwares that are in the wild infecting Macs.
You can use the Adware Removal Tool available at http://www.thesafemac.com/art to remove it.
You might also consider installing Anti Virus software that also offers real time protection so that it will reduce the chances of you getting infected in the future.
I recommend installing avast! Free anti Virus for Mac for this. (http://www.avast.com) Avast does an excellent job at detecting Mac malware that is out there on the web. It can detect and block these before you run the installers. It will also catch the majority of Windows viruses that you may get in email so that you do not accidently forward them in mail to a Windows user.
When you 1st install this, you should run a scan of your computer, make sure that you set the Detail level to "Infections Only". Otherwise you may delete some files that may be needed by your system or other apps.
Just note that you should still be careful on the web even if you do have Anti Virus software installed. Even though the software may catch most malicious software some may get through.

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