Results yahoo - is it a virus?

Hi I was browsing today and seem to have picked up some sort of malware I think. It goes to yahoo and for example trying to get to MSN it doesn't let me in and diverts to yahoo.com. It also diverts me to a //results.yahoo.com if I select some sites from yahoo. I'm worried I've picked up some sort of spyware! How can I check and more importantly how can I get rid!!? Running the new Safari. Thanks in advance.

Just to expand slightly on Barry's excellent advice:
SecureMac has introduced a free Trojan Detection Tool for Mac OS X. It's available here:
http://macscan.securemac.com/
The DNSChanger Removal Tool detects and removes spyware targeting Mac OS X and allows users to check to see if the trojan has been installed on their computer; if it has, the software helps to identify and remove the offending file. After a system reboot, the users' DNS records will be repaired.
(Note that a 30 day trial version of MacScan can be downloaded free of charge from:
http://macscan.securemac.com/buy/
and this can perform a complete scan of your entire hard disk. After 30 days the cost is $29.99. The full version permits you to scan selected files and folders only, as well as the entire hard disk. It will detect (and delete if you ask it to) all 'tracker cookies' that switch you to web sites you did not want to go to.)

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