Google Ads - Malicious software warning

#1

First time post but this is a big problem. I have started using google ads a few months ago. Everything was running fine but all my ads are now suspended because of “malicious software”. Google have stated that:

In the recent scan we found the below malicious link.
"https://www.s2member.com/s-badges/s-badge.php?v=1&site_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.[ ].co.uk

"

I have removed the specific website concerned from the above quote.

Has anyone else come across this problem and fixed it? I am extremely worried by this.

Paul

#2

Assuming you are the owner or administrator of the web server / domain in question…go to your Google Search console and it will tell you where / if Google thinks your site has any security issues.
See https://search.google.com/search-console/about

That’s your s2member security badge see https://s2member.com/kb-article/security-badges/

#3

I’ve been using AdSense and s2Member for years and have never had a problem.

#4

A quick glance at the s2member code seems to indicate that the s2member badge shortcode [s2Member-Security-Badge v="2" /] returns some Javascript to the browser that includes a call to php code on the s2member site that returns a customized badge.

I would hit f12 key on your web site page that has the s2member badge and check the network traffic to see what s2member returns from its call to s2member.com/s-badges/s-badge.php.

My bet is that Google does not like that a request to a server is returning code (javascript) which, in-turn, calls a php file that returns an image file.

This is likely a false malware signature flag on the Google side.

Check your console and then complain to adwords. You are paying them money so I would hope their support would be responsive.