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  1. Filtered impressions

    in Using Revive Adserver

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    From your message, it sounds like there is a discrepancy between the statistics in DFP (which is just an ad server, not a "service provider") and your own Revive Adserver.

    It is not uncommon that two ad servers have different numbers. If the difference is less than a few percent, it is normally accepted to be just 'noise'.

    To answer your question: No, Revive Adserver does not do any sort of filtering out of the box. It is possible to configure it to ignore things you think are invalid, or that are perhaps internal traffic, but I doubt you're using that feature at all.

    Can you please clarify what you mean by "filtered impressions of my third party"?

  12. Monthly Script Execution Quota exceeded

    in Managing Revive Adserver

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    I've never heard of a hoster limiting the number of times a program/script runs. And a maximum of 300.000 is very little. A "unique visitor" is not the best measure for estimating this (in my personal view, unique visitors is a meaningless metric in any event).

    Just look at your ad server statistics (assuming you can still log in) and you'll probably see that there have been as many ad impressions as they mentioned. I would switch hosts immediately, however inexpensive they are, it doesn't seem they have what it takes.

  13. Revive Adserver Marked as Phishing

    in Managing Revive Adserver

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    17 hours ago, Carlos Ramos said:

    create the git repo myself

    As said: You should never use the code from Github, just download from https://www.revive-adserver.com/download/ . 

    On 11/26/2016 at 0:55 AM, Carlos Ramos said:
    • Since the plugins directory is not directly under source control. How can I make sure none of the default plugins are compromised?.
    • Does Revive store any code in the database, is there a chance that the problematic code is in the database and not in the files?

    First question is not relevant if you use the official releases.

    Second question: theoretically yes, but in this case it is not likely that this is the explanation.

  19. Revive Adserver Marked as Phishing

    in Managing Revive Adserver

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    I'm surprised that those URLs are marked as deceptive. With many many thousands of known installations of the software, this is the first time I've ever heard about this, so it must be something specific to your installation. It is possible that your ad server has been compromised and something malicious was inserted by an intruder. The pages that you listed as being labeled suspicious by Google are part of the core application, not of any plugin. That doesn't mean that plugin you mentioned is not involved, but there is no evidence for it in your post. 

    However, those URLs are not something a site visitor would ever need to go to. I'm assuming you have your Revive Adserver installed in a sub folder under your site, like www.example.com/adserver/. As such, Google's bots can still "see" it, which is not necessary at all. You might want to block bots from accessing the /www/admin folder to begin with.

    Removing that third party plugin, at least as a test for the theory it is responsible, could also be a good idea. Then file for the site to be reconsidered by Webmaster tools.

    Is there a way for you to post a screen shot of what it looks like, when you see the warning(s) about deceptive pages? Is it in Webmaster tools or is it something else?

  20. Why can I link zones at campaigns and banners?

    in Using Revive Adserver

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    If you link a campaign to a zone, all the banners in that campaign that have the same dimensions as the zone will automatically be linked to the zone. If you add a new banner of those same dimensions to the campaign later, it will automatically be linked to the zone as well. As such, linking campaigns to zones is the most efficient, and I would recommend always doing that. No need to link the banners too.

    However, sometimes you do not want each banner in that campaign linked to a zone, just one or a few specific ones. In that case, you shouldn't link the entire campaign, but just the banners you actually need, to that zone.

  22. Administrators configuration page shows File manager -> Can't open this folder! error window

    in Managing Revive Adserver

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    4 hours ago, Eduardas said:

    I have updated to v4 just today, following all update instructions, so all files supposed to be new.

    Please note that if your Revive Adserver was compromised in the past, and some files were replaced in some plugins, these modified files wil be migrated to the new version during an upgrade.

    Therefore, it is best to first clean a compromised installation, and then to upgrade to the latest version.

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