Click Fraud Detection and Prevention System for Ad Networks

Abstract

Click fraud detection consists of identifying the intention behind received clicks, given only technical data and context information. Reviewing concepts involved in click fraud practices and related work, a system that detects and prevents this type of fraud is proposed and implemented. The system is based and implemented on an ad network, one of the 3 main agents in the online ad environment, and for its validation, 3 servers were used, representing the publisher, the ad network with the system implemented and the announcer, and a bot that attempts to commit a click fraud.