I toggled on Active X Filtering (so there is a check mark next to it) and it seems to have stopped this problem entirely for me. You’ll probably have to toggle it back off at some other sites to get them to work, but it’s easy enough to do.
I’m using IE 9, and it’s the 4th option down on the Tools section of the Menu toolbar. You can also find it on the Command toolbar under the Safety drop down. Probably other places as well.
When toggled off this site has become unusable for me, both at home and at the office, and that is no exaggeration at all. The browser crashing is essentially constant. But when toggled on, it hasn’t crashed yet and the board seems to work perfectly - except of course for possibly messing up whatever ads are presumably causing the problem.
I’m too lazy to switch to another browser, figure out how to install an ad blocker, etc. so I just fiddled around and the Active X thing is working for me. Even so, do this at your own risk and don’t blame me if it makes your computer explode. But it does seem to work.
Which makes me wonder why advertisers do stuff that would cause people either to not visit a site they sponsor or install an ad blocker that prevents their message from being seen. It seems stupid, but then again I don’t claim to have a great understanding of the problem. Just glad I stumbled on an easy, apparently effective work around.
Hope this helps.