Yahoo! Advertiser Survey pop-ups. They keep appearing!

Hey there!
I'm back again! I went all weekend without those annoying Yahoo! Advertiser Survey pop-ups, but now they are back. It is acting like I'm on a PC.
I reset Safari. I am getting these all of the time. It is the same survey, but you can't take it and you can no longer exit out without closing Safari. My wife does not get these on her Yahoo! account. Very odd.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated!

Try the Safari forum: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=169

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