Maleware Warning: Do not use Trafficbroker - GoFuckYourself.com

Milfer · 08-24-2011, 09:12 AM

To warn all fellow webmasters: A couple of day ago I installed IM ads and Pop Under ads from Trafficbroker on 5 of my wordpress blogs and today I received an email from Google that my websites are being blocked because of maleware.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 5 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-08-23, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-08-23.

Malicious software includes 2 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 9 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including kennymccormick3.in/, m29m.in/.

2 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including trafficbroker.com/, m29m.in/.

Please bump this thread and let as many people as you can so they wont suffer like me

alias · 08-24-2011, 09:14 AM

I had the same shit with black label ads one time, sucks.

Babaganoosh · 08-24-2011, 09:15 AM

Maleware?

Is that some kind of homosexual computer virus?

Milfer · 08-24-2011, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alias

I had the same shit with black label ads one time, sucks.

Yes, and those were my highest traffic blogs

porno jew · 08-24-2011, 09:21 AM

Maleware pulled.

alias · 08-24-2011, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milfer

Yes, and those were my highest traffic blogs

Google is pretty fast at fixing it once you get the offending code off and submit for review through webmaster tools.

kbauerctu · 08-24-2011, 09:50 AM

If ad networks allow the use of third party ads, this unfortunately will happen from time to time.

TheDA · 08-24-2011, 09:57 AM

Trafficbroker got hot with this a few months back as well I believe.

Lace · 08-24-2011, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

Maleware?

Is that some kind of homosexual computer virus?

Argos88 · 08-24-2011, 11:04 AM

dis sucks dude.. i was going to use traffic-broker but i will avoid it now..

anyway, did they pay you?

Milfer · 08-24-2011, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alias

Google is pretty fast at fixing it once you get the offending code off and submit for review through webmaster tools.

I have already submitted it but I am more worried about future listing of those blogs on Google........will they be able to get their rank back? or will it have a permanent effect on SEO of those blogs?

GTS Mark · 08-24-2011, 11:18 AM

You should only take iframes and such from advertisers you trust and have a track record with. Traffic brokering 101...

adultwebmestar · 08-24-2011, 11:35 AM

I got this message on August 6 via email:
--------------------------
Dear publisher,

Trafficbroker.com is experiencing a massive DDOS / hacking attempts in the past few days.

Unfortunately , due to the high scale of the attack, we prefer to recommend you to remove TB ad codes for the time being until we will fully take control of the situation and update you.
-----------------------

but My sites were infected two times (june+august) on this summer by TB. stay away

Chi · 08-24-2011, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kbauerctu

If ad networks allow the use of third party ads, this unfortunately will happen from time to time.

Agreed David. At Black Label Ads we run absolutely everything we receive through our Trust and Safety department and we specifically look for anything suspicious (like the problem described above). When we are the ones hosting the ads we are 99.9999% right, but if it is a third party served ad they absolutely can slip something in unbeknownst to us at some point after launch. It's definitely unfortunate. Any time we catch a violator engaged in this type of behavior we give them the immediate boot from the network and ban them from returning. People try all the time, but a fraction of one percent do make it through.

Just thought I'd share. We work hard everyday to make this a non-issue.

Chi · 08-24-2011, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alias

I had the same shit with black label ads one time, sucks.

I'll ping you via ICQ this afternoon if you don't mind. I want to find out specifically what happened in your case.

Thanks,
-Chi.

Chosen · 08-24-2011, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

Maleware?

Is that some kind of homosexual computer virus?

marlboroack · 08-24-2011, 01:33 PM

Thanks for the heads up, really appreciate that one.

Milfer · 08-24-2011, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTS Mark

You should only take iframes and such from advertisers you trust and have a track record with. Traffic brokering 101...

yea man you are right. Trafficbroker is mentioned here many times, so I thought it must be a good ad network

seeandsee · 08-24-2011, 02:29 PM

if you need new network for popunders, go with pro players, ts will take care of you

V_RocKs · 08-24-2011, 03:06 PM

shit happens... juicy ads has an ad that was doing some lame shit too

Coup · 08-24-2011, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porno jew

Maleware pulled.

Thanks, I needed that. Sorry about your eye though.

tigermtb · 08-24-2011, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

shit happens... juicy ads has an ad that was doing some lame shit too

Was this the "Radio Ads" issue?
Pretty sure I pulled that ad off the network a few days ago.

Milfer · 08-24-2011, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

shit happens... juicy ads has an ad that was doing some lame shit too

Just curious, was it a banner ad? As far as I know juicy ad don't have popunder or IM

alias · 08-24-2011, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milfer

I have already submitted it but I am more worried about future listing of those blogs on Google........will they be able to get their rank back? or will it have a permanent effect on SEO of those blogs?

They will be fine once it gets fixed.

raymor · 08-24-2011, 07:31 PM

That fact that traffic broker emailed people suggesting that they pull traffic broker ads for now suggests that TB is a stand up company who will take care of it.

TB Adriana · 08-25-2011, 12:26 AM

Hi all,

As adultwebmestar mentioned, TrafficBroker experienced a massive DDOS and several hacking attempts on August 6. As a result we have sent out e-mails to all of our publishers to remove all TrafficBroker.com ads until further notice. Furthermore, we have postponed all new registrations and no new accounts are being approved and allowed in the system.

Since then we have been taking ample steps towards preventing this from happening in the future. We have been and still are undergoing massive system updates aimed at preventing this exact type of situation. As you can imagine we could have patched things up quickly and asked you to put the ads back again. We haven't done that.
We understand that you rely on the loyalty of your bookmarkers and we, in turn, rely on your loyalty. We want to do our best to gain and keep that loyalty and for the past month that meant that we had to take a hard hit revenue wise. It wasn't cheap and it wasn't easy to turn down publishers and advertisers alike and we are investing a lot in securing the system.

As the people from black label have mentioned also, it is impossible to prevent this 100% of the times and we have had the misfortune of falling into the 0.1% of those situations when an ill-intended person managed to slip malware past our noses. That person will never be allowed to use TrafficBroker again and for the rest who might try we are implementing these new measures.

For the webmasters who have been using TrafficBroker.com ads since our announcement on Aug 6. We believe that we have the good fortune to be working with seasoned publishers who have the ability to decide for themselves what risks are acceptable for them. We have issued our recommendation and asked everybody to take the ads down, but TrafficBroker pays very well so I can understand why for some webmasters the risks outweighed the benefits. We do not and cannot control their actions. However, we will be paying for all traffic sent to us in this period.

We are still committing all our resources towards a resolution to this problem and believe me, we will be the first to let all our publishers know when to put the ads back up.

Milfer · 08-25-2011, 06:44 AM

@TB Adriana

I don't like the static of Trafficbroker because it does not give us information about impression/hits a website gets, so it makes it look shady.

It is very easy to claim to be #1 Adult Ad Network but it is very difficult to be one.

Jack Sparrow · 08-25-2011, 11:01 AM

They told everyone to pull ads 20 days ago.
You come complaining now?

Hardly shady with an advanced warning dont you think? If you dont like them dont use them..

TheDA · 08-25-2011, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Sparrow

They told everyone to pull ads 20 days ago.
You come complaining now?

Hardly shady with an advanced warning dont you think? If you dont like them dont use them..

Either not everyone got/read the emails or they chose to ignore them. There's a couple of sites I've seen since yesterday that are flagged the same.

Hawkins · 08-25-2011, 11:48 AM

This can happen with most of brokers...

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08-25-2011, 12:26 AM	#26
TB Adriana Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 260	Hi all, As adultwebmestar mentioned, TrafficBroker experienced a massive DDOS and several hacking attempts on August 6. As a result we have sent out e-mails to all of our publishers to remove all TrafficBroker.com ads until further notice. Furthermore, we have postponed all new registrations and no new accounts are being approved and allowed in the system. Since then we have been taking ample steps towards preventing this from happening in the future. We have been and still are undergoing massive system updates aimed at preventing this exact type of situation. As you can imagine we could have patched things up quickly and asked you to put the ads back again. We haven't done that. We understand that you rely on the loyalty of your bookmarkers and we, in turn, rely on your loyalty. We want to do our best to gain and keep that loyalty and for the past month that meant that we had to take a hard hit revenue wise. It wasn't cheap and it wasn't easy to turn down publishers and advertisers alike and we are investing a lot in securing the system. As the people from black label have mentioned also, it is impossible to prevent this 100% of the times and we have had the misfortune of falling into the 0.1% of those situations when an ill-intended person managed to slip malware past our noses. That person will never be allowed to use TrafficBroker again and for the rest who might try we are implementing these new measures. For the webmasters who have been using TrafficBroker.com ads since our announcement on Aug 6. We believe that we have the good fortune to be working with seasoned publishers who have the ability to decide for themselves what risks are acceptable for them. We have issued our recommendation and asked everybody to take the ads down, but TrafficBroker pays very well so I can understand why for some webmasters the risks outweighed the benefits. We do not and cannot control their actions. However, we will be paying for all traffic sent to us in this period. We are still committing all our resources towards a resolution to this problem and believe me, we will be the first to let all our publishers know when to put the ads back up. __________________ Make Serious Money from your traffic! Register at TrafficBroker.com - #1 Adult Ad Network! Msn/Mail: [email protected] - Icq: 607410617 - Aim: adrianatb

08-25-2011, 06:44 AM	#27
Milfer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,149	@TB Adriana I don't like the static of Trafficbroker because it does not give us information about impression/hits a website gets, so it makes it look shady. It is very easy to claim to be #1 Adult Ad Network but it is very difficult to be one. Last edited by Milfer; 08-25-2011 at 06:46 AM..

08-24-2011, 09:12 AM	#1
Milfer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,149	Maleware Warning: Do not use Trafficbroker To warn all fellow webmasters: A couple of day ago I installed IM ads and Pop Under ads from Trafficbroker on 5 of my wordpress blogs and today I received an email from Google that my websites are being blocked because of maleware. What happened when Google visited this site? Of the 5 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-08-23, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-08-23. Malicious software includes 2 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 9 new process(es) on the target machine. Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including kennymccormick3.in/, m29m.in/. 2 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including trafficbroker.com/, m29m.in/. Please bump this thread and let as many people as you can so they wont suffer like me Last edited by Milfer; 08-24-2011 at 09:17 AM..

08-24-2011, 09:15 AM	#3
Babaganoosh ♥♥♥ Likes Hugs ♥♥♥ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: /home Posts: 15,841	Maleware? Is that some kind of homosexual computer virus?

08-24-2011, 09:21 AM	#5
porno jew Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,166	Maleware pulled.

08-24-2011, 09:50 AM	#7
kbauerctu Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 197	If ad networks allow the use of third party ads, this unfortunately will happen from time to time.

08-24-2011, 09:57 AM	#8
TheDA Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,665	Trafficbroker got hot with this a few months back as well I believe.

08-24-2011, 11:04 AM	#10
Argos88 So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,732	dis sucks dude.. i was going to use traffic-broker but i will avoid it now.. anyway, did they pay you?

08-24-2011, 11:18 AM	#12
GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	You should only take iframes and such from advertisers you trust and have a track record with. Traffic brokering 101...

08-24-2011, 11:35 AM	#13
adultwebmestar Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 222	I got this message on August 6 via email: -------------------------- Dear publisher, Trafficbroker.com is experiencing a massive DDOS / hacking attempts in the past few days. Unfortunately , due to the high scale of the attack, we prefer to recommend you to remove TB ad codes for the time being until we will fully take control of the situation and update you. ----------------------- but My sites were infected two times (june+august) on this summer by TB. stay away

08-24-2011, 01:33 PM	#17
marlboroack So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ☣ Posts: 9,327	Thanks for the heads up, really appreciate that one.

08-24-2011, 03:06 PM	#20
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,422	shit happens... juicy ads has an ad that was doing some lame shit too

08-25-2011, 11:01 AM	#28
Jack Sparrow Almost goners.. Industry Role: Join Date: May 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11,420	They told everyone to pull ads 20 days ago. You come complaining now? Hardly shady with an advanced warning dont you think? If you dont like them dont use them.. Last edited by Jack Sparrow; 08-25-2011 at 11:03 AM..

08-25-2011, 11:48 AM	#30
Hawkins Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 149	This can happen with most of brokers...