Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
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Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
New web links have been detected to have several associations with massive referral spam campaigns. They are believed to be related to a domain known as Veerotech(.)com or Veerotech(.)net and may advertise a variety of suspicious third-party websites. The domain itself is observed to provide a website building and hosting service and may be legitimate, however, many spammers take advantage of legitimate services to spread their suspicious hosts.
Name
Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam
Type
Referral spam web links.
Short Description
Only some links associated with the domain may be dangerous to the users and the spam may quickly corrupt Google Analytics statistics.
Symptoms
Corruption of traffic data in GA, infected users of the site. Sudden traffic spikes.
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Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam – Distribution
When it comes to automated referral spam, two main methods exist:
Web Crawlers
Crawlers are also known as spiders because the crawl the web looking for a suitable location to spam. Usually, they are pre-programmed to look for hosts based on different criteria. Examples may be the lack of spam defenses such as captcha, Alexa ranking below a value and others. As soon as websites are designated, the spam bot begins to spam with automated messages leading to the questionable site, in this case, Veerotech(.)net. They may spam as soon as they have discovered a website or to all the sites that are being discovered and designated simultaneously. Usually, this spam method is less aggressive since the spammers tend to back off after they have been warned, reported or their accounts are banned from the site.
Ghost Referrals
The name “ghost” is there for a reason – this type of spam is way more effective than the spiders because it tends to remain invisible on a site it spams. This is because it uses mechanisms to connect remotely via special scripts or software and spam without even being visited the website. The spam is so sophisticated that it may take advantage of the free HTTP (protocol) if it is not properly secured and can affect specific website statistics.
Both of these spam methods are extremely dangerous for websites that do not have the minimum spam protection, which is underdeveloped and have low traffic. Negative side effects for the site may vary from simply corrupting its Google Analytics data to even infecting the website users with spammed web links that may redirect to third-party websites with malicious character. The risks for users, connected with links that may have the word “Veerotech” in them may be various:
Users may be redirected to phishing retailer sites that are copycats of big online stores such as AliBaba, AliExpress, Amazon, eBay and others that aim directly for their financial info or passwords.
They may be transferred to scamming sites that show fake BSOD alerts and scare inexperienced users into calling a fake “customer support” number.
Redirects may occur to sits that inject malicious scripts or malware onto the user PC, such as HTML/ScrInject.B.Gen.
Stop Referral Spam Associated With Veerotech(.)net(.com)
The bottom line is that both users and website publishers should be aware of the actual risks that referral spam causes and learn not only how to block it once. Instead, it is important to keep constant track of the emerging spam hosts and block them via several different methods for maximum effectiveness. This is why we have suggested several methods to get rid of referral spam by Veerotech(.)net plus we have provided databases for other sites that have been reported as hosts related to referral spam.
1: Filtering Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam in Google Analytics
Step 1: Click on the ‘Admin’ tab on your GA web page.
Step 2: Choose which ‘View’ is to be filtered and then click the ‘Filters’ button.
Step 3: Click on ‘New Filter’.
Step 4: Write a name, such as ‘Spam Referrals’.
Step 5: On Filter Type choose Custom Filter –>Exclude Filter –> Field: Campaign Source–> Filter Pattern. Then on the Pattern, enter the domain name – Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam
Step 6: Select Views to Apply Filter.
Step 7: Save the filter, by clicking on the ‘Save’ button.
You are done! Congratulations!
Also, make sure you check out these several methods to help you further block out this referrer spam from Google Analytics:
1: Block Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam from Your Server.
In case you have a server that is Apache HTTP Server, you may want to try the following commands to block Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam domains in the .htaccess file:
Disclaimer:This type of domain blocking in Apache servers has not yet been tested and it should be done by experienced professionals. Backup is always recommended.
3: Stop Veerotech(.)net(.com) Referral Spam via WordPress.
There is a method outlined by security researchers online that uses WordPress plugins to block referrer spams from sites. There are many plugins that help deal with referrer spam, simply do a google search. We have currently seen one particular plugin reported to work, called WP-Ban, but bear in mind that you may find an equally good or better. WP-Ban has the ability to block users based on their IP address and other information such as the URL, for example.
Also, in case you feel like you may have clicked and been redirected to one of the domains mentioned in the spam message, and you believe your system may be compromised, you should scan your computer with a particular anti-malware tool. Downloading such software will also make sure your computer is safe against any future intrusions as well.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
