When I'm in Safari, it automatically opens new tabs that I did not request.  How do I stop this?

Help!  Every time I do a new search or open a bookmarked page in Safari, another tab/window opens up with different ads.  How do I stop this?  It's so annoying!

1. Use  free  AdwareMedic to remove adware
    http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php
   Install , open,  and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button   to remove adware.
   Once done, quit AdwareMedic.
             or
   Remove the adware manually by following the “HowTo” from Apple.
   http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn those off and relaunch Safari.
    Turn those on one by one and test.

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