adsense below navbar multiplying ??

[steven s]

I have had one banner ad in the ad template below the navbar for years.
Now I've noticed 3 identical scripts.
I'll go back and edit the template. OK for a little while.
Then back to 3 banner ads.

I haven't added a plugin in years!
vB3.8.7p3

add
I reverted the template and noticed the vB advertising function was also selected. ??
Don't know if it's been that way all the time.

I'll let vB populate the templates and see what happens.

- - - Updated - - -

Problem is back and my pub id is not MINE.
It's the PUB ID in my members area on vB.
Did something change either here or on adsense?

- - - Updated - - -

More
A plugin named LOITER?
Is this vBulletin?
It shares the pub id found in my members are in vB but not my google pub id number.

require_once(DIR . '/includes/adminfunctions_template.php');

$template_un = '<vb:if condition="!is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6,7,5,11)">
<center><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "ca-pub-xxx";
google_ad_slot = "xx";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "ca-pub-xxx";
google_ad_slot = "xxx";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></br ><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "ca-pub-xxxx";
google_ad_slot = "xxx";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></center>
</vb:if>';
$template = compile_template($template_un);
$vbulletin->db->query_write("update " . TABLE_PREFIX . "template set template_un='" . $template_un . "' WHERE title='ad_navbar_below'");

$vbulletin->db->query_write("update " . TABLE_PREFIX . "template set template='" . addslashes($template) . "' WHERE title='ad_navbar_below'");

$vbulletin->db->query_write("update" . TABLE_PREFIX . " template set dateline = " . TIMENOW . " WHERE title='ad_navbar_below'");
print_rebuild_style(-1, 'ad_navbar_below', 0, 0, 0, 0);
build_style_datastore();

This all began 11/13/2013 and looking at my adsense report, that's when income went to zero.
Also see my includes/init.php file was either edited or replaced on 11/13.

[oldz442]

Perhaps someone hacked your vb and installed their own Adsense ID?

[steven s]

Just compared the init.php from vB pl3 patch and my current one.
The pub ids are different!
The downloaded pub id is mine.
I've overwritten the PL3 patch.

- - - Updated - - -

And now suddenly my pub id is MINE in vB's member area.
Very odd.

It was
$vbulletin->adsense_pub_id = 'pub-8761986403507850';
$vbulletin->adsense_host_id = 'pub-2606800903002383';
which isn't mine. I'm glad I save the file.

[oldz442]

Yep. No smell right. If vB is doing that, I am not impressed.

[BirdOPrey5]

It's obviously not vBulletin (us) doing that- it sounds like he was hacked.

I would immediately change ALL passwords including your vbulletin.com Member's Area password, your Google password, the password of ALL Admin accounts on your forum, the forum database password (you will need to update config.php with the new value), and any FTP/Cpanel passwords you may have.

Also uninstall ANY plugins you don't recognize, re-install any products you do have to be safe- make sure everything is up to date.

If your Member's Area is showing the correct publisher ID download a fresh set of VB files and re-upload them overwriting the old files.

[steven s]

It's obviously not vBulletin (us) doing that- it sounds like he was hacked.

Never said it was BUT the odd pub id WAS in my member's area.
The init.php was edited on 11/13/2012 and a plugin named loiter installed somehow.
The download date at the bottom of the file was the date I downloaded the patch.

I've changed my root and database passwords.
Wrote to Google adsense with that pub id since it wasn't mine.
I set the plugin to inactive just incase it is a vBulletin file.
Oddly enough 3 days later my site went down and came back up.

After downloaded a fresh p3 update, my pub id is now correct in my member area.

[man1c]

A google of that publisher ID shows this page - http://pastebin.com/jfMSWLAW

Some sort of hack?

[steven s]

A google of that publisher ID shows this page - http://pastebin.com/jfMSWLAW

Some sort of hack?

Thanks.
I'll have my host have a look.
I'm sure I'm not the only one.
But it's still odd that pub id was in my members area on vB.
Maybe it's a browser issue that is why I saw it?
I KNOW WHAT I SAW. Too bad I didn't take a screen shot.

[oldz442]

If not mentioned already... make sure to include your domain(s) and/or IP(s) in your Adsense acct in the 'Authorized sites' textarea box. That will allow ONLY those in that list to display ads. That is one way for scammers to not make $$$ off your site and/or get you banned (which is easily done with Adsense).

[steven s]

If not mentioned already... make sure to include your domain(s) and/or IP(s) in your Adsense acct in the 'Authorized sites' textarea box. That will allow ONLY those in that list to display ads. That is one way for scammers to not make $$$ off your site and/or get you banned (which is easily done with Adsense).

I sent adsense my domain and the offending pub id.
I'm asking my host to look at any file edited on 11/13/2012.
It's a dedicated server.
My logs only go back 24 hours.

[oldz442]

You need to add authorized sites yourself though in the acct settings.

[steven s]

I check those on a regular basis.

- - - Updated - - -

Ah crap!
Despite deleting the offending plugin something is writing to the ad_navbar_below.
I suspect is being triggered as a cron job.

I still see the script in the plugin file in datastore.

- - - Updated - - -

I may have cleaned it up.
For now.

I deleted the row in the datastore table that was titled pluginlist and inserted the pluginlist row from a backup.
There was an instruction in there to update the ad_below_navbar during the hourly cleanup.
Also removed the text from the ad_below_navbar template table.

php is being updated on my server.

[jerit2012]

I have almost same issue. But my pb ID in forum and member area are same till now.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/410030-Adsense-Issue?highlight=adsense

Please help............

[BirdOPrey5]

You are being helped in your own thread. In the future always start your own thread, you do not need to ask for help in multiple threads. Thanks.