Safari top sites taken over by pop-up websites

Hello! I only use Safari for my streaming of movies and soccer games, and recently when viewing my top sites it is full of fake dating sites, betting sites and generic (youtube style) video sites. I understand popups don't register to your history, so how did these sites register into my top sites? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Security tab.
Mek sure: Block pop-up windows is selected.
Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that didn't help, install the AdBlock for Safari extension here.

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I just notice that it happen when i clear history and select "Reset Top Sites" if i do that then the top sites will be recreated out of nowhere. so i have to uncheck "Reset Top Sites" (on clear history or reset safari option).
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Clears any changes you made to Top Sites, such as adding or pinning sites. If you also clear your history, your Top Sites page reverts to showing the webpage previews displayed when you first installed Safari.
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