Malware in most of ad-networks, according to Google

Hi,

Have one question if someone have same or similar problem. I run my ads through Google Doubleclick for Publishers (DFP). When I got invitation from some ad-network I put it in DFP so I can easy managed all ads through it (resume, pause, % of impressions etc).

Problem is that for most networks, when I put codes in DFP, after day or two of displaying ads I got standard message from DFP that those ads contain malware and that has been removed.
Something like
"We've determined that either your ad contains malicious software or your landing page is known to host or distribute malicious software (malware) in violation of our policies against malware. In order for us to run your ad, you must remove the malware from the ad or, where the malware is hosted by a site, either fix the site or remove the reference to the site."

And as I said, this goes for most new networks. Is this notice legit or does google often do fake recognition?
After I've contact few networks about that I got reply that they don't support DFP and that I should put their code directly on site. Is this because they are aware of malware in their ads or google just doesn't like competition (AdSense)?

Any info about this?

Regards.

 

I would say its a combination of both. They have extremely high standards, but it doesn't hurt them because then it makes it easier for them to disrupt the level of competition on their platform, thats why the directly linked AdSense into it.

There are a few cases where its just an image being loaded from a blacklisted url, or something just got cycled in, which could even be trival, but they still send out the alert.

Recently, there has been a lot of notices going out to people. But I think its a combination that google has tightened down, and its the beginning of the 1st qtr and low rates result in advertisers doing some interesting things to maintain their ROI and margins.

 

Many networks and ad servers doing the same thing. It's just more political thing than real malware from the other companies.

 

So suggestion would be, not to use DFP but other product for delivering ads?

 

Some people are using Google DFP and pretty happy with that. It totally depends on the level of your satisfaction.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty satisfied with GDFP, it just give me headache with this malware protection as it automatically disable ads. And I have this more and more every day almost.

 

So, you'll probably stay with DFP as long as it makes you money))))