[Bbradley62]

In the left-side column, where the ads go, was something saying "one unread message". I had no unread BBO mail. It was a Google ad wanting me to download something (yeah, right) in order to read my message. Surely BBO shouldn't be publishing such a thing which probably leads to a virus download on unsuspecting members.

[diana_eva]

Bbradley62, on 2013-November-21, 23:10, said:

In the left-side column, where the ads go, was something saying "one unread message". I had no unread BBO mail. It was a Google ad wanting me to download something (yeah, right) in order to read my message. Surely BBO shouldn't be publishing such a thing which probably leads to a virus download on unsuspecting members.

Thanks for reporting this. We're trying to keep our google ads as clean as possible - but i'll check and see what it is that this ad links to and take it down if it's bad.

[Bbradley62]

Another possible spam, although not Google this time:
How to Fix Slow Computer
windowsanswers.net/Slow-Computer
Easily Repair a Slow Computer.
Very Simple Instructions
(Recommended)

[diana_eva]

Bbradley62, on 2014-March-08, 20:16, said:

Another possible spam, although not Google this time:
How to Fix Slow Computer
windowsanswers.net/Slow-Computer
Easily Repair a Slow Computer.
Very Simple Instructions
(Recommended)

Still google. I'll check. If it's just a how-to answer from windows, it's probably OK. If it prompts user to download and install something, we'll take it down.

[diana_eva]

Finally managed to find this ad. It's a blog entry, weirdly, and eventually it ends up recommending some registry cleaning program called slimcleaner plus. The program isn't great, but it's not a scam either so i'll let this run. Could be helpful for some.

[Zelandakh]

diana_eva, on 2014-March-09, 03:41, said:

Still google. I'll check. If it's just a how-to answer from windows, it's probably OK. If it prompts user to download and install something, we'll take it down.

Anything that prompts the user to download and install something from an unknown source is certainly not OK.

[dustinst22]

You'd be surprised what Google allows to run across its display network -- malicious downloads don't suprise me in the least. It's surprising because Google is a very trusted brand in the ad space. The only reason I know of what they allow is because I spend considerable amounts of $ and time on their platform. On Google owned properties (i.e. google search ads), they are much more stringent about what they allow to run. But on their display network (which is google adsense utilizing doubleclick) they are very loose, figuring it's not their own brand to protect.

[Oof Arted]

Zelandakh, on 2014-March-12, 11:01, said:

Anything that prompts the user to download and install something from an unknown source is certainly not OK.

I am with Z 100% on this quite a lot of these 'Cleaning' programs are a problem anyway

[diana_eva]

Oof Arted, on 2014-April-04, 01:17, said:

I am with Z 100% on this quite a lot of these 'Cleaning' programs are a problem anyway

I'm blocking these by hand each time I spot them. Signal shady ads here pls or email me at diana at bridgebase dot com and we'll clean the cleaning ads