So I use Google chrome and when I want to go anywhere on the forum I get a warning from Google chrome saying not to go forward because of malware I've been using salvation for about a year and have never had this problem. It says "content from cm.netseer.com, a known malware distributor has been inserted onto this page."
Here's a thought. Can we actually "screen" these ads before we run them and then, if the advertiser slips in maleware, they lose their ad and their payment and we make this clear up front when payment for the ad is taken.
Because this is getting ridiculous. It's getting so that I'm afraid to come here. If the advertisements drive your members away, what good are the advertisements?
Some kind of strict policy needs to be put in place to keep this from happening or to seriously deter advertisers from pulling this crap.
Here's a thought. Can we actually "screen" these ads before we run them and then, if the advertiser slips in maleware, they lose their ad and their payment and we make this clear up front when payment for the ad is taken.
Because this is getting ridiculous. It's getting so that I'm afraid to come here. If the advertisements drive your members away, what good are the advertisements?
Some kind of strict policy needs to be put in place to keep this from happening or to seriously deter advertisers from pulling this crap.
Doubtful. As far as I can tell, this site (like many others) uses an ad service like Google Ads that automatically places in the ads based on algorithms of its choosing, and we don't have any discretion as far as what ads are actually chosen (though we do have discretion over types of ads, like disabling pop-ups or ads with sound).
Seems that for the time being, Curse has put their proprietary ads back in, in place of the Google Ads.
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Here's a thought. Can we actually "screen" these ads before we run them and then, if the advertiser slips in maleware, they lose their ad and their payment and we make this clear up front when payment for the ad is taken.
Because this is getting ridiculous. It's getting so that I'm afraid to come here. If the advertisements drive your members away, what good are the advertisements?
Some kind of strict policy needs to be put in place to keep this from happening or to seriously deter advertisers from pulling this crap.
Curse doesn't serve 99% of the ads, ads networks do. This is a full time job/company activity
Malware warnings are usually worse than they appear, they're here to protect users and that's a good thing but they will be triggered by a lot of secondary issues.
For example, let's say someone uses a random hosting site to host their signature and that site gets compromised, any page where the guys' signature is will be flagged as "compromised" even if his signature is safe. Google bans work on a domain level.
This is what happened this morning, we got a reply from the ad network a couple minutes ago.
Netseer, a demand partner, has been flagged by Google for malware. What is happening through our tags is that we are making a call to a cookie synch with them on many of our tags. We are disabling that cookie synch which will solve the problem. Importantly, this is NOT exposing your users to malware. We will notify you when the solution has been pushed to all of our servers.
Doubtful. As far as I can tell, this site (like many others) uses an ad service like Google Ads that automatically places in the ads based on algorithms of its choosing, and we don't have any discretion as far as what ads are actually chosen (though we do have discretion over types of ads, like disabling pop-ups or ads with sound).
Seems that for the time being, Curse has put their proprietary ads back in, in place of the Google Ads.
I clicked "reply" to this and was presented the malware warning page. Oh the irony!
It is possible to tell Google Ads to limit specific ads as well as types. But it's on a case-by-case basis, so very time intensive.
Of course, having said that, I'll follow it up by telling you I don't know how to go about doing it. I work for a company who uses it and we're able to cater to customer complaints, but I'm not the person in that role so can't be more helpful.
Got another malware alert when I refreshed the page here. I'd post the alert information I got but it creates a link to the infected page and I don't want to post a harmful link.
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I'm not sure if this is precisely what you want though, but it's everything I'm seeing
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Because this is getting ridiculous. It's getting so that I'm afraid to come here. If the advertisements drive your members away, what good are the advertisements?
Some kind of strict policy needs to be put in place to keep this from happening or to seriously deter advertisers from pulling this crap.
Doubtful. As far as I can tell, this site (like many others) uses an ad service like Google Ads that automatically places in the ads based on algorithms of its choosing, and we don't have any discretion as far as what ads are actually chosen (though we do have discretion over types of ads, like disabling pop-ups or ads with sound).
Seems that for the time being, Curse has put their proprietary ads back in, in place of the Google Ads.
Went to a new shop from a friend's recommendation, DQ'ed for willful violation of CR 100.6b.
Have played duals? I have PucaPoints for them!
(Credit to DarkNightCavalier)
$tandard: Too poor.
Modern:
- GW Birthing Pod(?)
Legacy:
- UWR Delver
Curse doesn't serve 99% of the ads, ads networks do. This is a full time job/company activity
Malware warnings are usually worse than they appear, they're here to protect users and that's a good thing but they will be triggered by a lot of secondary issues.
For example, let's say someone uses a random hosting site to host their signature and that site gets compromised, any page where the guys' signature is will be flagged as "compromised" even if his signature is safe. Google bans work on a domain level.
This is what happened this morning, we got a reply from the ad network a couple minutes ago.
Netseer, a demand partner, has been flagged by Google for malware. What is happening through our tags is that we are making a call to a cookie synch with them on many of our tags. We are disabling that cookie synch which will solve the problem. Importantly, this is NOT exposing your users to malware. We will notify you when the solution has been pushed to all of our servers.
Oh joy.
I clicked "reply" to this and was presented the malware warning page. Oh the irony!
It is possible to tell Google Ads to limit specific ads as well as types. But it's on a case-by-case basis, so very time intensive.
Of course, having said that, I'll follow it up by telling you I don't know how to go about doing it. I work for a company who uses it and we're able to cater to customer complaints, but I'm not the person in that role so can't be more helpful.
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Can't really say much more, the guys literally went to zdnet and told the world it's fixed when it's not, I guess we'll hear more soon.
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BRGLiving endBRG
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Chrome will continue to warn against any and all sites that have any ad service that uses anything Netseer until Google removes them from their list.
edit: Again, no one is at any risk for malware/etc.
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Google should stop being a scumbag and get these ads fixed
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what cowards. they just keep bending to the will of advertisers.
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Unfortunately, this is the internet, where google and advertisements have infinite tools to flow information and be kept secret.
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