Adsterra Banner And Popunder Has Redirect Virus Android Users

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  • tiramisu
    Isaac W
    • May 2003
    • 393

    #1

    Adsterra Banner And Popunder Has Redirect Virus Android Users

    Just found out this morning, one of their advertisers install redirect virus download page to domain (macarte dot site...) on Adsterra banner and popunder code. Site will immediately redict to the notificuation page and ask u to download the app on Playstore . It only affects android browsers. Immediately removed them before Google finds out and ban my sites like Plugrush in the past.

    Anyone with them should check ur sites for their codes.
  • trevesty
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2006
    • 3810

    #2
    Is it a virus or an extremely aggressive app install sales funnel? Is the app a virus? Play Store lists apps with viruses?
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    • hamiltonsteele
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2003
      • 1041

      #3
      Originally posted by tiramisu
      Just found out this morning, one of their advertisers install redirect virus download page to domain (macarte dot site...) on Adsterra banner and popunder code. Site will immediately redict to the notificuation page and ask u to download the app on Playstore . It only affects android browsers. Immediately removed them before Google finds out and ban my sites like Plugrush in the past.

      Anyone with them should check ur sites for their codes.
      I had good things to say about adsterra but this virus ad stuff happens a lot with them.
      They need to ban these malicious advertisers instead of constantly just telling us to
      give them a screen capture.

      I uninstalled their script because they drive away visitors to your site and give you a
      bad reputation as a malicious site.

      So like you I'm looking for a new ad network.
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      • tiramisu
        Isaac W
        • May 2003
        • 393

        #4
        Its a auto redirect to a notification page click yes or no with notice that ur android device is detected with virus in the storage space. After u click yes it leads to playstore and download the app. Didn't try to download.

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        • tiramisu
          Isaac W
          • May 2003
          • 393

          #5
          Originally posted by hamiltonsteele
          I had good things to say about adsterra but this virus ad stuff happens a lot with them.
          They need to ban these malicious advertisers instead of constantly just telling us to
          give them a screen capture.

          I uninstalled their script because they drive away visitors to your site and give you a
          bad reputation as a malicious site.

          So like you I'm looking for a new ad network.
          I was with them for 2 years never had a problem, check my site everyday with desktop, iphone and android, no problem, just did the same routine visit today and immediately redirect me to the problem page I mention above. Dont wanna risk it as google detects this kind of stuff pretty fast nowadays. So I remove all their scripts for now and using a new platform.

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          • tiramisu
            Isaac W
            • May 2003
            • 393

            #6
            Heres the screencap.

            https://ibb.co/RpFqznD

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            • adultchatpay
              Let's Make Money
              • Dec 2008
              • 8785

              #7
              That's bad experience for the users, they will never come back for sure.

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              • trevesty
                Confirmed User
                • Aug 2006
                • 3810

                #8
                So it's an extremely aggressive sales funnel, or "fake virus" lander; not an actual virus. Just wanted to clear that up.

                But yeah, pretty good way to drive visitors away.
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                • hamiltonsteele
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 1041

                  #9
                  Originally posted by tiramisu
                  Heres the screencap.

                  https://ibb.co/RpFqznD
                  I've had that one too

                  But I've also been getting an ad with a giant 'X' that covered the entire site. There was no way to close
                  the 'X' except to click on it.


                  Originally posted by trevesty
                  So it's an extremely aggressive sales funnel, or "fake virus" lander; not an actual virus. Just wanted to clear that up.

                  But yeah, pretty good way to drive visitors away.
                  It's fake but the average visitor doesn't know that.
                  http://steelehard.com/ الإباحية باللغة العربية
                  Discord: https://discord.gg/QWJpmDSFc2
                  http://le-beverley.com/ Under Development
                  Twitter: https://twitter.com/steele_hard
                  Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/43uaTA1AEPa2Nf0Tmvppd0

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                  • bugmenot4real
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jun 2013
                    • 184

                    #10
                    I'm looking for new network too but no one pays like adsterra.
                    which one you guys using right now?

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                    • Adsterra Network
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2015
                      • 137

                      #11
                      It is actually sad to hear people leaving from Adsterra, but I believe that some clarifications and explanations are needed.

                      1. That ad you had falls under “Software ads” category. They tend to be very aggressive, that’s just how they are. There are no viruses, malwertising, adware, ransomware or anything like that, I can assure you. And you can actually turn off this kind of ads when requesting ad codes.



                      2. However, that does not explain the redirect issue that you encountered. We do not condone the auto-redirect ads, but they tend to slip through.

                      3. And that is why we sometimes need your help to react to them! I already reported that ad to our managers, so they can review it thoroughly and ban it, if they deem necessary. And we are always asking our publishers to contact us, if any problem with redirect arises, just so we can react to it faster.

                      It is sad to see you go, sorry for the inconvenience

                      It’s been an honor, gentlemen о7

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                      • tiramisu
                        Isaac W
                        • May 2003
                        • 393

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Adsterra Network
                        It is actually sad to hear people leaving from Adsterra, but I believe that some clarifications and explanations are needed.

                        1. That ad you had falls under “Software ads” category. They tend to be very aggressive, that’s just how they are. There are no viruses, malwertising, adware, ransomware or anything like that, I can assure you. And you can actually turn off this kind of ads when requesting ad codes.



                        2. However, that does not explain the redirect issue that you encountered. We do not condone the auto-redirect ads, but they tend to slip through.

                        3. And that is why we sometimes need your help to react to them! I already reported that ad to our managers, so they can review it thoroughly and ban it, if they deem necessary. And we are always asking our publishers to contact us, if any problem with redirect arises, just so we can react to it faster.

                        It is sad to see you go, sorry for the inconvenience

                        It’s been an honor, gentlemen о7
                        Never said it's necessary to leave adsterra as it's not the platform intention to have this kind of problem. It's just the advertisers. As long as these redirect r removed then it's safe to use. At the end of da day just dont wanna get banned by Google because of redirect. Other then this I don't care how aggressive the ads r basically.

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                        • hamiltonsteele
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 1041

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Adsterra Network
                          It is actually sad to hear people leaving from Adsterra, but I believe that some clarifications and explanations are needed.

                          1. That ad you had falls under “Software ads” category. They tend to be very aggressive, that’s just how they are. There are no viruses, malwertising, adware, ransomware or anything like that, I can assure you. And you can actually turn off this kind of ads when requesting ad codes.


                          I removed the software ads weeks ago and still they keep appearing.

                          Perhaps it's a glitch in your system or perhaps you've got some advertisers that do not play by
                          the rules.
                          http://steelehard.com/ الإباحية باللغة العربية
                          Discord: https://discord.gg/QWJpmDSFc2
                          http://le-beverley.com/ Under Development
                          Twitter: https://twitter.com/steele_hard
                          Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/43uaTA1AEPa2Nf0Tmvppd0

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                          • Adsterra Network
                            Confirmed User
                            • Aug 2015
                            • 137

                            #14
                            Originally posted by tiramisu
                            Never said it's necessary to leave adsterra as it's not the platform intention to have this kind of problem. It's just the advertisers. As long as these redirect r removed then it's safe to use. At the end of da day just dont wanna get banned by Google because of redirect. Other then this I don't care how aggressive the ads r basically.
                            Alright, that's great to hear!

                            Can you send us your login/email, so we can further investigate the issue with this particular advertiser?
                            ___________

                            Meanwhile, Hamilton Steele, I sent your website to our Partner Care dep so things like that wouldn't happen again. Sorry for all the troubles you had with our ads

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                            • bugmenot4real
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jun 2013
                              • 184

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Adsterra Network
                              Alright, that's great to hear!

                              Can you send us your login/email, so we can further investigate the issue with this particular advertiser?
                              ___________

                              Meanwhile, Hamilton Steele, I sent your website to our Partner Care dep so things like that wouldn't happen again. Sorry for all the troubles you had with our ads
                              Worst part of this malware and redirect stuff is that if you remove them your cpm rates will drop to something around 0.00001 or even 0.
                              this happened for me. i asked to remove any malware and redirect ad from my widgets and then my pop cpm dropped from $3.6 to 0.4.

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