Had my first virus in a Widgetbucks ad yesterday

Discussion in 'Pay Per Click Advertising' started by thatdaveguy, Apr 12, 2009.

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    Surfed to own site and bam, Avira goes nuts saying my site has several viruses. I'm just happy I was able to remove them before Google classified me as an attack site!

    Be careful with Widgetbucks. I emailed them and they assured me it was a rogue advertiser and they're doing their best to track it down, but it sure scared the crap out of me. I doubt I'll put WB back on my blog.
     
    thatdaveguy, Apr 12, 2009 IP
  2. john3003

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    That is pretty interesting and thanks for letting us know.
     
    john3003, Apr 13, 2009 IP
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    I heard ADSDAQ becomes like this to, not sure but I found several thread on their forum about ad that delivered virus to the publisher site.
     
    Y2K, Apr 13, 2009 IP
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    Yes its very annoying. I also hate those ads where they say your computer is infected and need to download this now in a window format lol. I have a mac so I know its a scam.
     
    TruK1lla, Apr 14, 2009 IP
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    WidgetBucks, AdsDaq, ClickSor, and a few others r lately getting ads with virusses...

    ClickSor is getting the most in my opinion...
     
    campolar, Apr 14, 2009 IP
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    Clicksor advertiser team has a very detail procedure for campaign approval and constantly monitor our active Ad Campaigns on a regular basis to help avoid such circumstance.

    If you run into an ad that violates, an Account Manager is always available and willing to help expedite action taken on such advertisements. Any campaign that violates our TOS is immediately suspended and will not be re-activated.
     
    Clicksor_CS, Apr 16, 2009 IP