Measuring, fingerprinting and catching click-spam in ad networks

Advertising plays a vital role in supporting free websites and smart- phone apps. Click-spam, i.e., fraudulent or invalid clicks on online ads where the user has no actual interest in the advertiser's site, results in advertising revenue being misappropriated by Click-spammers. This revenue als...

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Main Author: Dave, Vacha Rajendra
Format: Others
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/25143