I've also been having this issue.

I try to access http://uk.gamespot.com/ from my Favourites but a few seconds after the page has loaded the whole thing freezes. After about 10 seconds IE says it is unresponsive, then all I can do is close it. When I launch IE again it will tell me it closed down with problems but can attempt to reload the page - more often than not hitting the same freezing.

Sometimes it loads and works fine, sometimes it locks up almost straight away. Just now I had to relaunch IE 4 times before it would load long enough to click the Forum link, which appears to be working fine - I've not hit the same issues using any of the forum boards (main forums, UK, genre, union or game specific all seem to work fine).

Possibly coincidentally another forum I use hit similar problems about a month ago - I believe it was traced back to one of the advert providers having something that caused problems, and because it was a rolling banner that loaded a random ad (from a small list) also helped explain why sometimes people were able to access the site, while other times it would freeze.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Internet Explorer 9. All possible Windows updates applied. Using Nvidia 301.42 drivers

I've not tried accessing the site through other browsers, and have not tried the suggested compatibility mode.

This issue it intermittent and doesn't seem to have any particular steps I can take to make it happen 100% of the time. It's been happening on and off for maybe a week, but came here to check if others had had the problem after several freezes in a row.