About JS/Adware.AppNexus.A

[Arnaud POLIGNE 0]

Hello,

Anybody have informations about JS/Adware.AppNexus.A  threat ?

Thanks

Arnaud

[Marcos 5,072]

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.

[itman 1,659]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/23/adnxs-tracking-trackers-cookies-web-monitoring

[itman 1,659]

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 1,659]

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:

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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