Arnaud POLIGNE 0 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Hello, Anybody have informations about JS/Adware.AppNexus.A threat ? Thanks Arnaud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 4,609 Posted January 28, 2020 Administrators Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,510 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/23/adnxs-tracking-trackers-cookies-web-monitoring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,510 Posted January 28, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,510 Posted January 28, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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