Quick heads-up fam,
Earlier today some of you noticed, mobile users especially, and reported some really aggressive popovers, fake virus warnings, hijacking, forced redirecting messages, colloquially called "malverts" appearing across KatsBits.
Turns out the self-proclaimed 'premium' Ad network that was being trialled,
Adsterra, was serving a number of not so 'premium' malvertising on the site (despite claims to have strict policies in place to monitor, prevent and punish that kind of activity).
All the offending code has been removed, so KatsBits should be clean again; adverts no longer show from any provider. Frankly, this kind of crap is cannot be tolerated at all, ever - KatsBits runs on trust, which is far more important than 'ads'.
Going forward: if ads are to be displayed, they'll be cleaner, from trusted networks that have active histories of policing for malverts across their networks. Plus potential direct support options (
Ko-Fi/
Patreon coming soon).
Thanks for your vigilance and flagging this junk so fast (you know who you are nameless fam) - you're the reason this place has been a trusted source for content creators for 15+ years.
Cheers
@Kat
