Ironically I couldn't read the article due to the deluge of ads

I have noticed that it is possible to lag a browser sandbox very badly in some ways like making it deal with stack overflow (the condition not the site). Chrome can’t handle text files past a certain size and goes nutty. So if you put enough into frames maybe you could really stun it while a malware message shows.

My mother had this same thing, closed her laptop in a panic and it was gone when she restarted

In the old days newspapers used to be fined for allowing fraudsters to take out ads in the classified section. Jail time wasn't out of the question either.