Trojan Emits Bogus, Risqué Google AdSense Ads

Iria · Dec 31, 2005, 12:43 AM

Techshout.com is reporting that a Trojan horse program is churning out bogus Google ads promoting products Google eschews—gambling, cheap Viagra, girly photos and adult dating.

The ads, being targeted at small publishers, are identical to Google AdSense ads except that referral graphic buttons are being converted to text, apparently due to a bug in the Trojan, according to the publisher who reportedly discovered the Trojan.

That publisher, Raoul Bangera, told Techshout that the non-contextual and risqué content of the ads are what set them apart from regular AdSense ads.

"Contrary to the normal Google ads, which have some correlation to the content on the Web page, these malicious ads had no content that was remotely similar to the pages to which they had been attached," Techshout quotes Bangera as saying.

"Most of the ads were about gambling or adult content, which are banned categories in Google AdSense, clearly indicating a suspicious origin."
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daedal · Dec 31, 2005, 03:23 AM

Laaame. Who the hell are these people? Seriously.

Dec 31, 2005, 12:43 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Trojan Emits Bogus, Risqué Google AdSense Ads Techshout.com is reporting that a Trojan horse program is churning out bogus Google ads promoting products Google eschews—gambling, cheap Viagra, girly photos and adult dating. The ads, being targeted at small publishers, are identical to Google AdSense ads except that referral graphic buttons are being converted to text, apparently due to a bug in the Trojan, according to the publisher who reportedly discovered the Trojan. That publisher, Raoul Bangera, told Techshout that the non-contextual and risqué content of the ads are what set them apart from regular AdSense ads. "Contrary to the normal Google ads, which have some correlation to the content on the Web page, these malicious ads had no content that was remotely similar to the pages to which they had been attached," Techshout quotes Bangera as saying. "Most of the ads were about gambling or adult content, which are banned categories in Google AdSense, clearly indicating a suspicious origin." __________ Read More / Source: Yahoo! News

Dec 31, 2005, 03:23 AM	#2
daedal Uber Coffee Drinker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gatineau, Quebec Posts: 2,250 Rep Power: 0	Laaame. Who the hell are these people? Seriously. __________________