Disapproved: Malicious or unwanted software. Here's what I'm doing

[AndyFurs]

Hi guys,

I'm testing some stuff with adwords and I ran into an issue where I cannot get an ad I want approved.
What I've done so far:
1) I found an interesting website which was running google search campaign and I copied it manually (it is in html);
2) Bought a domain + dedicated hosting (namecheap) and launched the site; then I set up google ads campaign and got ad rejected for "Malicious or unwanted software." very quick.
3) Launched a new ad within the same ad group using domain of an original site for the destination url - ad approved.
4) Bought a new domain + namecheap shared hosting + set up cloudflare (original website is set up this way). This time I edited the ad that was already approved and changed destination to a newly set up url. Ad got approved at first, but when I checked it in few hours it was rejected again.
5) Now my 2 new domains gets rejected every time on few different accounts. But if I edit the ad and switch destination url to an original one, then ad gets approved no problem.

Could it be domain age or tld? I'm just choosing cheapest .xyz. I will test this soon.

Anyone with experience around similar issue? Would be great to hear some stories.

 

[Alfie777]

Urm I have it random in my experience, i just wiat then make a new ad then it goes up prob , but if 0% work for you then u have to do something else.

 

[AndyFurs]

Urm I have it random in my experience, i just wiat then make a new ad then it goes up prob , but if 0% work for you then u have to do something else.

Hmm, I doubt this is a random thing, since I already tested this on 3 different accounts. Thanks for your input anyway.

 

[goodldh]

Sometimes AD get "disapproved: Malicious or unwanted software", but next day i have get some clicks, check the ad, its get approve

 

[richdap]

Did you try scanning the sites with a virus detection tool?
The way your server is set up might be causing this warning.

 

[hulksta]

I get this when google detected cloaker that's why I switched to white hat campaigns.

 

[spajki323]

You cannot use .XYZ in adwords they are not approved. You must have .com

 

[AndyFurs]

Sometimes AD get "disapproved: Malicious or unwanted software", but next day i have get some clicks, check the ad, its get approve

That would be weird, however, this is not happening on my campaigns...

Did you try scanning the sites with a virus detection tool?
The way your server is set up might be causing this warning.

Thanks, interesting. I did a quick check, and I indeed notice 2 warnings on the copied sites, but not on the original ones.
"Missing security header for ClickJacking Protection. Alternatively, you can use Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'none'.
Missing security header to prevent Content Type sniffing."
I will see if I can et thee removed and if it has any effect.

I get this when google detected cloaker that's why I switched to white hat campaigns.

No cloaker in my case...

You cannot use .XYZ in adwords they are not approved. You must have .com

I thought about this but was too busy to test this yesterday. Many thanks, I will def try today!

 

[Alfie777]

Hmm, I doubt this is a random thing, since I already tested this on 3 different accounts. Thanks for your input anyway.

What I say only relates to my experience and not yours.

 

[Alfie777]

You cannot use .XYZ in adwords they are not approved. You must have .com

Wrong wrong wrong wrong I have a few of ads with Xyz up rn

 

[AndyFurs]

What I say only relates to my experience and not yours.

I understand and I really appreciate your input

 

[Alfie777]

I understand and I really appreciate your input

What's your ad text, in experience that can lead to that dissaproval if its to baitedly blackhat.

 

[anetok]

Lol so many random answers from people who have no idea

What @hulksta says.

If you don't have a cloaker, some other redirection

 

[Davegnima]

Have you got an iframe on your lander?
It happened to me too (both on .com and .xyz).
I don’t know how to solve.
Ads ran very week in the past and then out of the blue they have been banned for that reason.

 

[littlefiljohn]

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Hi guys,

I'm testing some stuff with adwords and I ran into an issue where I cannot get an ad I want approved.
What I've done so far:
1) I found an interesting website which was running google search campaign and I copied it manually (it is in html);
2) Bought a domain + dedicated hosting (namecheap) and launched the site; then I set up google ads campaign and got ad rejected for "Malicious or unwanted software." very quick.
3) Launched a new ad within the same ad group using domain of an original site for the destination url - ad approved.
4) Bought a new domain + namecheap shared hosting + set up cloudflare (original website is set up this way). This time I edited the ad that was already approved and changed destination to a newly set up url. Ad got approved at first, but when I checked it in few hours it was rejected again.
5) Now my 2 new domains gets rejected every time on few different accounts. But if I edit the ad and switch destination url to an original one, then ad gets approved no problem.

Could it be domain age or tld? I'm just choosing cheapest .xyz. I will test this soon.

Anyone with experience around similar issue? Would be great to hear some stories.

Have you resolved this bro?

 

[AndyFurs]

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Have you resolved this bro?

I just found a way around it

 

[TMONEX]

I just found a way around it

Can you tell me the way around this?

 

[Alfie777]

Lol so many random answers from people who have no idea

What @hulksta says.

If you don't have a cloaker, some other redirection

tfw you insult others and you're wrong lol.
If they detect your cloaker, you will get a ban, or disapproval saying circumventing systems most of the time. Malicious software is not usually to do with cloaks or redirection. Can be a bad extension on wp that triggers this.
I have got this on 1 page htmls no redirection or cloaks. Now that the quality of site is higher there is no malicious software disapproval.

 

[Baros]

Hi guys,

I'm testing some stuff with adwords and I ran into an issue where I cannot get an ad I want approved.
What I've done so far:
1) I found an interesting website which was running google search campaign and I copied it manually (it is in html);
2) Bought a domain + dedicated hosting (namecheap) and launched the site; then I set up google ads campaign and got ad rejected for "Malicious or unwanted software." very quick.
3) Launched a new ad within the same ad group using domain of an original site for the destination url - ad approved.
4) Bought a new domain + namecheap shared hosting + set up cloudflare (original website is set up this way). This time I edited the ad that was already approved and changed destination to a newly set up url. Ad got approved at first, but when I checked it in few hours it was rejected again.
5) Now my 2 new domains gets rejected every time on few different accounts. But if I edit the ad and switch destination url to an original one, then ad gets approved no problem.

Could it be domain age or tld? I'm just choosing cheapest .xyz. I will test this soon.

Anyone with experience around similar issue? Would be great to hear some stories.

Did you find a solution? can you share? I do have same issues and can't find a way to avoid this.

 

[speedy5044]

You cannot use .XYZ in adwords they are not approved. You must have .com

wtf are you talking about !! a domain is a domain
OP what are you using to rip the website ? maybe consider using some software like winhttptrack (remove the lines the software insert automatically) and try again , had the same issue before and soon i switched the hosting provider it worked (it might be the namecheap IP is blacklisted)