It's worse than that. Their ad server isn't working properly, so I'm getting this popping up all the time:
"Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e14'
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '/'.
/includes/trackadvt.asp, line 4"
Quite apart from irritation factor, using pop-ads means that they cause much more interference to web use when they screw up.
This makes this board a real pain in the arse to use.