I wonder if they track how you respond to the ad?
Sometimes I can kill it at work on my PC and sometimes it keeps coming back until it locks on the screen and I can't access the forums at all. Also, it seems to act differently in different threads. Sometimes it's just a particular thread I get locked out of and the other ones are fine. Like today, I can't get to the Droid 3 thread at all because of the ad. But have no trouble killing it on this one.
If they are locking in the ad because you don't view it, then I'm stuck because the intranet filter blocks it out completely. I couldn't see it if I wanted to! (It shows up as a "Filter: banned site." message overlay.)
I don't know if there is a Phandroid app for PC use, but I'm blocked from installs on this PC anyway.
The filter, though wouldn't keep making it pop-up repeatedly, so it must be a Phandroid issue. Is there any way around it it or do I have to cross Phandroid off my list of accessible websites?