Arnaud POLIGNE 0 Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Hello, Anybody have informations about JS/Adware.AppNexus.A threat ? Thanks Arnaud
Administrators Marcos 5,452 Posted January 28, 2020 Administrators Posted January 28, 2020 As the name suggests, it's a javascript responsible for displaying ads. Can be found on scam sites telling the visitor that he or she has won a cell phone, etc. LuL 1
itman 1,801 Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/23/adnxs-tracking-trackers-cookies-web-monitoring
itman 1,801 Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Since AT&T now owns AppNexus, will be interesting to see how this plays out if they take Eset to court over blocking of their ads.
itman 1,801 Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Interesting discussion on AppNexus over at reddit.com: Appnexus sending malware/popups/redirects https://www.reddit.com/r/adops/comments/bchkqo/appnexus_sending_malwarepopupsredirects/ Appears the main issue is secure configuation of AppNexus by web site admins: Quote Check your AppNexus settings. Are you allowing all banners without approval? Yes. Well, checking every single banner is not ideal since they can mask things in GEO IP targeting to specific users/devices/GEO Edited January 28, 2020 by itman
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