Hyperlinks in User Comments

All right. I’m building a site, and I’m using this wordpress theme for my blog:

https://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/1410/basic2col-20/

Now, here’s what I’d like to change. When a visitor posts a comment that includes a link in the text, like https://www.ads-software.com/ for example, I’d like one of two things to happen. I’d like the link to open in a new window (e.g. _blank), or I’d like the the text to simply not become an actual hyperlink. I want a solution that will only affect links in comments.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.