[pchelpers] Re: News: Google Ads hacked by Trojan software

Hi Susan

> There was only one page on my entire site that was affected, and that
> page was a guestbook hosted by a third party, in this case Lycos.    I
> just disabled the guestbook for now.  I do have google ads on other
> pages but they are all text ads and there doesn't seem to be a problem
> with any of them.  Lycos, however, puts animated ads on any pages they
> host and that's where the problem seems to originate.  Contacting Lycos
> is a lost cause, in my opinion.  I've had lots of problems with them in
> the past and maybe after a few years they might fix the problem.

I'm sure the fastest way to get this fixed is to report it to Google. 
They stand to lose the most, and they have a lot of clout...


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