#fraudulent cliks

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Countering click spam: Researchers test new algorithm to detect, combat fraudulent clicks online

(Phys.org) —When is a click not a click? When an advertising network registers a click on one of their online advertisements, how can it be sure that a single consumer – a 'pair of eyeballs' in Madison Avenue jargon – and not a malware computer program, is behind that one click? Or that the viewer's ...