Random web pages popping up...

I will go and type in google or something else in my Yahoo home page. Then I click on google when it pops up. Some other web page(s) keep popping up!! What is going on here? I would like to know how to reset this or prevent it from happening. I ran a MacScan Spyware and it came up clean.
Any other suggestions?
Regards.

Did you download something just before this started happening, such as a file claiming to be a video codec that QuickTime needed? If so, then you probably have a Trojan Horse. To check for and remove it if you have it, you need to download and run DNSChanger Removal Tool.
If you have it, this will remove it and then you must restart your Mac for it to complete the job. You should also change your DNS Servers after rebooting your Mac, in system Preferences > Network > Configure > TCP/IP to these two:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
click Apply Now and quit System Preferences, then restart Safari and test it out to see if you're still being redirected.
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