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Alert: Google Ads pumping "Login to Your Accounts" clickbait to AARoads

Started by Dirt Roads, April 01, 2024, 09:40:39 AM

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Dirt Roads

Just wanted to remind folks to be careful when logging into AARoads.  This morning, I got a clickbait ad on AARoads with a simple box saying "Login To Your Account".  The ad is posted at both the top and the bottom of the forum (the bottom ad is just above the Non-Roads Board). 

This is a Google Ads feed from LoginOnline with a Colombia country code.  I'm not sure if Google Ads is sophisticated enough to pump such ads to new websites when a User Login is required, but it sure looks like that is the case here.

I was going to post the website URL here, but the new Bulletin Board format automatically makes the link "hot", so I removed it.  I am unable to post the image, but I will send it to a moderator and perhaps they can post it later.


Rothman

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rickmastfan67

Quote from: Dirt Roads on April 01, 2024, 09:40:39 AMI was going to post the website URL here, but the new Bulletin Board format automatically makes the link "hot", so I removed it.

You could always put it into a 'code' box. That prevents it from going 'hot'.
http://www.google.com
Otherwise, I recommend selecting 'forever' when logging in (as long as it's a personal computer) so that this issue could be avoided in the future.

Anyways, I've alerted Alex to this thread.

formulanone

I saw a similar ad on two other sites, and reported it. (Which means I'll probably see it again in 48 hours.)

Dirt Roads

Quote from: Dirt Roads on April 01, 2024, 09:40:39 AMI was going to post the website URL here, but the new Bulletin Board format automatically makes the link "hot", so I removed it.

Quote from: rickmastfan67 on April 01, 2024, 10:22:24 AMYou could always put it into a 'code' box. That prevents it from going 'hot'.
http://www.google.com
Otherwise, I recommend selecting 'forever' when logging in (as long as it's a personal computer) so that this issue could be avoided in the future.

Anyways, I've alerted Alex to this thread.

Here is the link from Google Ads:
https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=CeoInIrMKZsWsAeTErr4PpdGXgAywxuLLdtXvv_OkEtvZHhABIO6kkwRgyc6ziqSkxBGgAb_Zg-8CyAEBqAMByAPLBKoE_QFP0K2qoKH2EXhS3CAP4504_zddU0z8BbjxPwOa39PTfQEPf77dq8hA0IIwmruBXp5C0ejmU2EOYY6X2FkiXoQL6pdvJaKMFTngVLjtAdhqkly_yi5RLDLav6AcZdfq8Ad8iAdYqy0k4bdJtLiN55W0fvS7fCYwlFru1Hxft18fMSaXscBdlteJ9fVQmkkuys__PW48DyvipeOBZGsFvbp3LhgE9-qShtKv2rbJw8jV0PYhMbtqfKijqGGsjrXg9uzbPtXTROhpPUaHxAFi3JtmmzJz8-U9fJCopstRgOTQRSFNEUAhTUQoi65m28PuTYlRfHDx2ZLUQWrPZaCXwASm9bmC4QSIBYepjcROgAeppvyQAagH2baxAqgHr76xAqgH1ckbqAemvhuoB47OG6gHk9gbqAfulrECqAf-nrECqAeaBqgH89EbqAeW2BuoB6qbsQKoB4OtsQKoB-C9sQKoB_-esQKoB9-fsQLYBwHSCCQIgGEQARgfMgKKAjoJgECAwICAgKAoSL39wTpYvY7nnoyhhQOxCTN1NcGQ1x3tgAoBmAsByAsBqg0CVVPIDQHYEwzQFQH4FgGAFwGyGAkSArBTGAEiAQA&ae=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxcXnnoyhhQMVZKLLAR2l6AXAEAEYASAAEgIOJvD_BwE&num=1&cid=CAQSTgB7FLtqZX-ziaxETMfs9SG2ati7_-wM2bzo8fKwD_T7KBsPb5SfT_5KW76QU-HNAK0ArdT3R0Bv2uKbga2Bhpp-K396XPTN2AOlI8hROhgB&sig=AOD64_0XV8Zmk8IrYewRjNnhwJyvX0KYEQ&client=ca-pub-0319834805847688&rf=1&nb=8&adurl=https://loginonline.co/lp1-ff/%3Fgclid%3DEAIaIQobChMIxcXnnoyhhQMVZKLLAR2l6AXAEAEYASAAEgIOJvD_BwE

Google Ads sends you to this website:
https://loginonline.co/lp1-ff/%3Fgclid%3DEAIaIQobChMIxcXnnoyhhQMVZKLLAR2l6AXAEAEYASAAEgIOJvD_BwE

kurumi

Side note: I appreciate that on this site, "forever" really does mean forever, instead of "randomly expire your session every week or so and make you log in again".
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Dirt Roads

Today's login produced two different episodes on GoogleAds, one of which was aptly named "Find the Fastest Route".

Alex

I added
https://loginonline.co/ to the Blocked URLs on our Google Adsense content control.



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