Yes, use Firefox and Adblock Plus. IE8 just can't keep up the coolness of Firefox.
Duck Hunter ads

Nice posts guys, maybe you could use the last method that you tried to remove ads with, huh mottsauce?

Is it possible for someone who is seeing this ad to take a screenshot of it please and mail it to me
kohai@chess.com
Thanks

I've had the same problem as the original poster. Don't have a screen shot - I'll get one the next time it happens. Given how it locks up the whole browser window, I'm not sure if the "report ad" link would even work... haven't tried it.

Download "hosts," follow the copious instructions, and you'll never have to report an ad again. Works with many browsers.
You know, I've actually used the trick of putting known ad sites in my own hosts file manually for a while. I never knew there was a site that listed most of the common ones this way, though I probably should have guessed that someone would make one and gone looking for it. Thanks for the link!
If you're using Firefox then download Adblock Plus:
http://adblockplus.org/en/installation
Bye, bye to all ads on this site!