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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Adsense Watchdog, Zombiestat, Vampirestat, Villainstat and Uglystat Blog Traffic
If you have a blog and check to see where the traffic to your blog originates, you may notice traffic from websites called Vampirestat.com, Adsensewatchdog.com, Villainstat.com, Uglystat.com and/or Zombiestat.com. First off, don't click on them to find out why they are sending you traffic.

Neither Adsensewatchdog, nor any of these others have anything whatsoever to do with Google or Google AdSense and are essentially spam sites that use automated traffic to blogs to attract clicks to their own sites from blog owners such as you. Once you're at their site, at a minimum, you'll be fed ads. At worst, you might fall victim to malevolent code that seeks to infect your computer with who knows what (although I haven't verified that these particular sites are seeking to plant anything on your machine).

Stay away. Traffic from these sites won't affect your standing with the real Adsense, so just ignore them.

Adsense Watchdog and the others can be traced to:

Protected Domain Services - Customer ID: NCR-3559746
P.O. Box 6197
Denver
CO
80206
US
Phone: +1.3037474010
Email Address: adsensewatchdog.com@protecteddomainservices.com

Which is just a company that holds domain names for anonymous clients. If the domain owner wishes to stay hidden behind such a firewall of anonymity, that's should be another red flag.
Bradley Sylvester at 10:28 AM
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116 comments:

FIREBIRDDecember 16, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Thanks for this information..... I fear I've already clicked on these places to see who the heck they are.... just damn! Is there any way to block these sites?

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A.L.March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Firebird...you're not the only. I'm part that club. I just Googled Vampirestat and the first two entries on Google are articles about how it and others are spambots. Not good.

The funny things is my SiteMeter stats counter doesn't acknowledge Vampirestat while my Blogger Dashboard counter does.

I NOW know why the difference between the two numbers.

I've tweeted this article to my Twitter account. Thanks.


Jon MorrisApril 2, 2013 at 2:54 AM
I don't know if it's of any help, but they seem to monitor twitter for news of blogs. If you tweet about your blog, expect a visit from vampirestat

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Andy DomonkosDecember 17, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Great, just when you think people are actually visiting your blog, you find out that, of course, they are not.

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Alla Ricerca del Lavoro PerdutoFebruary 14, 2013 at 11:56 AM
lol


NancyFebruary 17, 2013 at 3:14 AM
ya!!


From The Heart OnlineMarch 22, 2013 at 7:13 AM
haha... I'm with you Andy.

As Ray Bradbury said, "You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”

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Nife IbiyemiDecember 18, 2012 at 3:56 AM
thank you. i saw that on my sites too. thank you for this info.

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Christine M. MonsonDecember 18, 2012 at 7:56 AM
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Gina HDecember 18, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Wow. Thanks for the update! And Andy, I thought the exact same thing!

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ShannonDecember 20, 2012 at 2:06 AM
Here's what I'm curious about... They "visit" the blog the minute I have a new post up. It's almost instantaneous.... How do they know? Have they planted code on my blog that I can't see? On my computer? Any insight? I edited an old post for a typo and they hit it. Then posted a new post and they hit again. Frustrating. I'm so new to all of this...just trying to learn. Thanks!

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Monty DicksionDecember 21, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Good observation, Shannon. I have also noticed 4 other things: (1) the Audience locations include obscure places besides the U.S. and I have read that they are able to somehow redirect their point of origination. (2) Their visits to my sites occur at somewhat regular intervals (3) Their visits go to random pages (4) When I go back to pages that I have left idle and make edits, it attracts more hits from these varmints. So, since clicking on their links poses potential risks, why aren't they either illegal, blockable or, at the very least, highly regulated?


azulmarinaJanuary 18, 2013 at 3:36 PM
thanks, it seems like they're bots


gayleneMarch 9, 2013 at 6:57 AM
I've wondered the same thing, Shannon. I've never clicked on their name, but I'm curious how they know each time I do anything on my blog?


MonstermomMarch 16, 2013 at 5:58 AM
I think they probably monitor (bot) blog update feeds...

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JessieDecember 22, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Is there a way to block them from visiting your blog?

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MarikaMarch 14, 2013 at 5:50 AM
still waiting for a reply on this -

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KathyDecember 25, 2012 at 6:49 PM
I have some of the same questions; is there any way of blocking them from viewing my blog and will I be safe/protected as long as I don't click their link, which I haven't yet luckily.

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Carla BelyeaDecember 27, 2012 at 5:54 AM
I thought they were odd names to be accessing my craft blog. It is weird how they "know" when I put up a new post. Is there coding in my html that might tip them off or some other thing?

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Rasna N.D.December 29, 2012 at 7:55 AM
Hi, I don't know if you own this other blog or the author just copy your post. Either way, just wanna inform you that you have exactly the same post and title. Yours was published first.

http://triczz.blogspot.com/2012/12/adsense-watchdog-zombiestat-vampirestat.html


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Bradley SylvesterDecember 29, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Thank you Rasna. I have sent the thief a message asking them to remove the stolen copyrighted material from their blog. If no action results, then I'll inform Google of the violation. Google reserves the right to cancel accounts including Blogger and Adsense when its terms of service are violated.


Bradley SylvesterJanuary 6, 2013 at 2:59 PM
No response or changes from the plagiarist, so I reported it to Google and the stolen page is gone.


Rev. Jurneyman VFebruary 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM
If your intent in posting this was to provide useful information to bloggers, than why would it matter if someone copied the post? Wouldn't that just mean that more bloggers might be educated about the potential risks of these sites? It seems a little silly to care about who said what.


Bradley SylvesterFebruary 22, 2013 at 5:21 AM
I make my living by writing. One source of my income is ad revenue from my blogs. When people steal what I have written, they get paid for my work through the ad revenue on their blogs. If someone wants to buy a blog post from me,that's fine, but using my owrk to take money out of my poscket and put it into their own is not cool - and it's illegal.


Breanna ByrdMarch 25, 2013 at 8:20 AM
Good for you Bradley, and thank you for posting.


Prixel DerpMarch 31, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Likewise, I'm here to say good for you for getting your stolen work taken down.

And think of it this way, Rev: You worked hard on something. IT'S YOUR WORK. Do you want others taking it and making money off it without your permission? You seriously didn't consider that?


Prixel DerpMarch 31, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Looks like he cut it in half and changed the title.

http://triczz.blogspot.com/2013/01/adsense-watchdog-zombiestat-vampirestat.html

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el DuderinoJanuary 2, 2013 at 11:08 AM
I have a feeling these are sites that use bots to monitor potential profits from posts than have a possibility to make cheesy lawyers and judges more $$$ in courts. Also bots that are maintaining content based firewalls, for the people that prefer their freedom of expression filtered.

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Lucy HancockMarch 29, 2013 at 7:06 PM
interesting - explains the level of effort...

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TamumuJanuary 2, 2013 at 5:08 PM
Thanks for this post, the fact that they hit right after I post/update kinda hinted that the sites were not legit, so thanks for the confirmation.

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Laurence Natacha MannhartJanuary 5, 2013 at 1:34 PM
Yes, same here for my blog http://www.foodiefollies.blogspot.com
What to do?
Natacha Mannhart

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Daniela RJanuary 7, 2013 at 4:04 PM
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1mag3nsJanuary 7, 2013 at 4:07 PM
Thanks for the information.
I was relieved to know that is not only my blog that has this kind of problem.
But I still have a question: why these site addresses appear in the Blogger statistics but not in Analytics data?

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Green MamaJanuary 9, 2013 at 5:57 PM
i am an idiot. before researching i had clicked on a few of the links from my computer. i got a really scary virus called BANKER.psw6. This is an identity theft trojan and is a BITCH to get rid of. This virus will also re-direct searches to volatile websites designed to steal more information from the user. Requires manually going into your registry to get rid of it, uninstalling/reinstalling browser and sometimes a reformat. Pretty sure Zombiestat was the culprit since I mostly use my computer for school, blogging and Facebook. I don't really use it to visit very many other sites. Very scary!

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The Chronicles of Guiamo Durmius StoloJanuary 31, 2013 at 4:58 PM
Any idea how to tell if your computer has the virus you are talking about? Unfortunately I clicked on it too.

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M. Z.January 10, 2013 at 7:22 PM
I'm annoyed :(

www.monicainheels.blogspot.com

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SCJonesJanuary 11, 2013 at 5:13 AM
Thanks, but crap, that means like no one is checking out my blog...

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Nicole Larish VolkFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:37 AM
I know. I told my hubby I'd gotten 11 hits in one day. I figured that goggle somehow had my photos in their search engine because any post with a photo got multiple hits and the posts with text only, had two at the most.
We should start a sympathy thread titled "Zombie's were visiting my Blog." and beg people to please visit....someone REAL. :)


Nicole Larish VolkFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:54 AM
http://volk-movingtowardart-ism.blogspot.com/


Alex[andra]March 15, 2013 at 9:43 AM
One way of getting people to view your blog is by joining blog hops. Just Google it and I'm sure you'll find a few.


Lucy HancockMarch 29, 2013 at 7:10 PM
SC Jones, I immediately have tried to look at your blog but I am too stupid to find it. Larish thanks for posting your address.
It Is Beautiful. You did that?
Mine is earthrings.blogspot.com

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Nathan ReevesJanuary 11, 2013 at 2:32 PM
i too have noticed these "watchdog sites appearing on my stats ass wel to my blog ...http://greenenterprise.blogspot.com/ ..... which is a general contracting website i made for my business oddly they seem to know when im updating also i would love to know how they know this any idea? glad you made this blog love the bookcases

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Ginger SadlerJanuary 13, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Thanks for this info, the adsensewatchdog started appearing on my traffic info, last night glad I didn't click on that.

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Taylor IshamJanuary 14, 2013 at 7:27 PM
thanks, makes me sad. i thought that i was getting poular ;P jk

http://talyouth.blogspot.com/

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Lucy HancockMarch 29, 2013 at 7:14 PM
Looked at yours too. Man these are interesting!

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Nicole BodensteinJanuary 14, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Thank you so much for making others aware of this scam. I keep getting annoying pageview counts from them. I'm able to track my site more accurately with Google Analytics, though I'm still getting a hang for how to look at the data. Thanks again!

http://my20hobbies.blogspot.com/

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HimJanuary 16, 2013 at 3:14 PM
I have been researching this issue for a few weeks because the "stat" sites make up a low but consistent amount of traffic that adds up over time. On one blog, Google wound up tossing stat info for Adsense for a bunch of traffic, some of it spam while others, they, the blog authors, were not so sure. What way does Google have to know for Sure that certain traffic is or is not legit when making an Adsense determination? The authors of the blog I was reading said they had activity tossed by Google even though they felt like it was legit. It was basically up to Google to make the call, and they did. How do we know that the right call is being made? For sites that depend on revenue, how do we know that its not an effort by Google to keep from passing on real revenue? I wonder.

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EpicspibJanuary 18, 2013 at 5:01 PM
That sucks that they are just bots. I was hoping it was traffic to my newly made blog. But, since I still am very new to this, it does make me a little happy to see I got some (artificial) page views. Now, I'll have to wait patiently for the real thing.

http://firsttimego.blogspot.com/

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MXHJanuary 19, 2013 at 3:07 PM
Thank! Glad I looked into this before clicking on them.

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EdwardJanuary 20, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Damn. Gotta find a way to block them at an IP level so the count stops going up. That's so annoying.

http://vidyaweekly.blogspot.com

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Jonathan OjanperaJanuary 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM
I have been seeing these sites for a while now, and it hasn't really effected my traffic. I blog at least once a day and I get about 2 hits a day from one or more of those sites. Just an annoyance...

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Chip and DarceyJanuary 21, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Now I'm curious if the pop-up ad at the bottom titled "Searching for what is zombiestat" is just going to lead me to another bad website!!

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Bradley SylvesterJanuary 21, 2013 at 2:21 PM
FYI, although I do have ads in text and served by Google on the pages of my blog, there are no pop-up ads on my site. If you're seeing a pop-up opening in a new window or tab when visiting this blog, perhaps you've been vicitmized by some adware from another source?


LorriAnneMarch 18, 2013 at 11:42 AM
The ad I had pop up when I came here was from infolinks so I don't think it's a virus. I found this post on Google Groups, though. https://productforums.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/blogger/usoPeyTHARg/discussion[1-25-true] I didn't click on anything in my stats. Always search for something you don't know what it is before you click it. There are too many scammers out there who want to do harm your computer, steal your identity, spy on you, and so on. When you go where you don't know where online, you open doors to these people that you would not do in real life, with your home's front door. Knowledge is power, so always educate yourself.

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LLRGJanuary 21, 2013 at 1:57 PM
thanks for the info. Is there way to check to see if they are copying our blog posting and putting it out there without clicking on thier sites?

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Bradley SylvesterJanuary 21, 2013 at 2:16 PM
You can always paste a string of words from your own blog post in quotation marks into a Google search box to see if it has been posted elsewhere. Choose something that would be unlikely to be found in other content. Remember, if someone uses a very brief (100 words) excerpt and links back to your original for those wanting to read more, that's generally a good thing for you. Copying the whole post or most of it with or without a link back is generally bad (and a copyright violation).


LLRGJanuary 23, 2013 at 9:38 AM
thanks for your help. will give it a try.


Nicole Larish VolkFebruary 24, 2013 at 5:50 AM
As a teacher I would use that trick to find copy and pasted material that students had in book reports.

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Bryan HoffpauirJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:09 PM
If you're using Google Analytics for tracking your traffic, these instructions show you how to exclude traffics from specific domains / IP addresses...also useful for filtering out your own views - http://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1033162

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handmade_mamaFebruary 3, 2013 at 6:30 AM
Cool. I am going to try that, Bryan. Thanks!!

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EpilogicalFebruary 2, 2013 at 6:26 PM
They've been hitting my blog too, although, it only seems to have occurred within the last month or two. Before that, it has seemed all my spam hits showed up as being from Russia.

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handmade_mamaFebruary 3, 2013 at 6:30 AM
Thanks for sharing this info. I have just recently seen vampirestat, zombiestat, and malwarecheck showing up in my blog traffic. And thanks, Bryan, I am going to try to get these domains blocked with Google Analytics. Kind of makes me wonder how they found my blog, what else they can see (if anything) that I'm doing on my computer, and if, once they start visiting, if they'll ever stop!

Blogging: a full-time job in some form or another!

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Margaret PerryFebruary 3, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Do these sites figure on the data for my site - do they count as unique visitors?

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Tammy CuevasFebruary 5, 2013 at 5:35 PM
At this point, 2 years into the blog, they only make up a small percentage of the traffic, so they're really just an annoyance now. But when I first started blogging, my laptop suddenly crashed from a virus. I only use it for blogging, FB, and Twitter, so I was at a loss to explain the origin. Now, I suspect one of those sites was the problem, because I'm pretty sure I did click on one or two of them trying to discover what they were. I also have a question. I get a few hits each month from domar.ru. Since my blog is not in Russian, is this another spam site?

Tammy Cuevas
The Self-Taught Cook
http://www.theselftaughtcook.blogspot.com

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Ridhwan NoorFebruary 8, 2013 at 9:25 AM
OMG I clicked one recently. Anyone can explain to me what happen to my Blog then

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Tati BelloFebruary 16, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Obrigada pela informação,por curiosidade acabei clicando nos link's: vampirestat e uglystat.Tinha também o zombiestat... por achar o nome estranho e as informações de estatísticas um pouco confusas,decidi fazer uma pesquisa para saber o que estes sites são.Não encontrei nenhuma página aqui do Brasil com informações a respeito... Somente o seu. Estou fazendo uma atualização com meu anti vírus,espero que não tenha acontecido nada...
Agradeço pela informação!!

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Valentine BonnaireFebruary 17, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Thank you, just saw them show up! xxoo!

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Juju at Tales of Whimsy.comFebruary 17, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Thank you! I was wondering about this.

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wholehealthmedicineFebruary 20, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Thanks for the information! They are hitting my blog too and I've been wondering who they are. And they hit as soon as I make a new post. It's a relief that I'm not the only one experiencing it, though it's creepy!

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Denise Sammons Van WinkleFebruary 21, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Just started blogging this week, docsammons.blogspot.com, and discovered these weasels were hitting already. Before I found this blog, Bryan, I didn't click on them, but probably just as bad, I did a search for their site and entered my site info..such a newbie mistake in the techie world! Pray I squeak by without major damage! I did sign up for Google Analytics and did the filters you suggested (if correctly remains to be seen)...THANK YOU for your excellent info!!! Not that easy to find good advice on the web, I might add! Thx again!--Doc S

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Claudya RizhmanFebruary 23, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Ty for the infos, i´ll try to configure Google Analitycs at my blog. I didn´t click any of Zombie or Vamp. xo

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Princess ブスFebruary 26, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Thanks for the info! I clicked on them a few times but nothing fishy has been going on with my computer yet and hopefully nothing will. :/

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MumblesFebruary 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Thank you! I used to get those now and then, then they dropped off. But the last couple of days traffic to my blog has wowserly picked up AND these things have shown up in the traffic logs again. I never clicked on them because they look scary, but I did do a search and found YOU. Thanks for the advice!

Kris

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anne carneyFebruary 28, 2013 at 11:58 AM
boooo! Very annoying indeed. At least we know what to dismiss now, thanks so much for the info! I had clicked on one but nothing happened thankfully!
www.annecarneymedia.com

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Natalie MartinMarch 1, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Thanks for the information. I almost clicked the link, but then I thought, "Hmm, do I really want to click on a site with 'vampire' in the title?" That's when I searched and found your blog. Thanks for helpin' a blogger out! :-)
Also, the "pop-up" someone commented on is not a true pop-up, it is an infolinks ad.

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Ava DarlingMarch 4, 2013 at 10:23 AM
I'm in the same boat as everyone else. I had a feeling that these frequent hits on my blog were not legitimate, however, I enjoyed the feeling they gave me that my blog is generating interest. I have clicked on them but, luckily, with no known negative outcomes so far. Now I'm going to try to block them with Google Analytics. I hope I can do it. This side of blogging is all new to me! I'm really glad I (finally) decided to research vampirestat and that your blog was here to answer me.

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MommyMia MonologuesMarch 5, 2013 at 5:19 AM
Crap! I've been clicking these stupid links for a very long time. Just tonight, I decided to "Google" it. Thank you for this post!!

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Donald McarthurMarch 5, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Awesome, Thank you for the info!

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G S RamanMarch 5, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Is there anyway to stop them.

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Muhammad AmirMarch 5, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Uglystat.com and/or how do you stop spam Zombiestat.com. First off,

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Joshua CintronMarch 6, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Good looking out.

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SadieMarch 7, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Wow. So disappointed now. And here I was thinking people were actually checking out my site. Looks like I'll have to add google analytics to get these pesky hits off my site....

Thanks for letting us know, even though I kind of wish I didn't know now...Ignorance is a happy state to live in :)


sadieslifesustained.com

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Juliane SaßMarch 8, 2013 at 2:47 AM
Same here...Is there any other option to get them of my blog?

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The ExaminerMarch 10, 2013 at 8:15 AM
I wondered why I was getting so much traffic but no comments. If they are 'spam', why is there never spam listed to clear when I check there?

I also read a reply a ways back about a virus - is that possible from these guys?

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MovieClickMarch 10, 2013 at 2:08 PM
The same happens to me, I get 10 visits on average per day... its annoying :S.. anything to block vampirestat traffic?

movieclicktv.blogspot.com

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Zephod BeeblebroxMarch 10, 2013 at 4:26 PM
I am glad to have confirmation of what I thought was happening. I took my website down because I didn't believe the 6000 hits a month. Now I run a blog that shot from 1 hit a day to over 30. I notice most of those come from the listed sites.

I am not convinced anybody actually reads my blogs or views my websites. I ran a business site for a few years that generated no business and no phonecalls despite being optimized. I have the feeling that the internet is a huge red herring. I only read one blog because I know the guy that writes it. I look at certain websites - possibly half a dozen and no more. I don't buy online. I expect everybody else is the same.

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Nicole RiensMarch 12, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Great info Thanks!

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AllyJoMarch 12, 2013 at 4:06 PM
I wonder if we can block them? I also wonder why so many people from Russia and India are visiting my blog. I hardly see how they would be interested in quilting, decorating and thrift stores.

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Zephod BeeblebroxMarch 12, 2013 at 6:01 PM
Out of curiosity, I monetized my blog with adsense. Quite a different story with the stats. I have two blogs and both have the same adsense. Total hits according to blogger of 31 yesterday but only 2 counted by adsense and neither of those was a click on an advert.

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Juliana SantosMarch 13, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Please, I need some help about it.

Lately these sites are visiting my blog, and I'm afraid about it. What do I have to do to protect my blog now?

Thank you!!!

Juliana

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Muhammad AmirMarch 14, 2013 at 7:43 AM
With this blog, I’ll detail every spam how do you stop spam or phishing email that I receive and point out the common errors that that should alert anyone of the fraudulent nature of their claims.

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Débora Galdeano GonzálezMarch 15, 2013 at 8:33 AM
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Débora Galdeano GonzálezMarch 15, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Thanks for your article. Just a moment ago, while I was looking for where my blog's traffic comes from, I saw the website Vampirestat.com. Now I know that this kind of websites doesn't bring anything good.

If would you like to visit my blog here is a link to de website: http://laguaridadelcurioso.blogspot.com.es/

Sorry for my bad English, I am Spanish and I don't speak and write English as well as I would like =S.

Best regards.

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Jacob MezaMarch 16, 2013 at 7:02 AM
Great info. Wish I would have read this before I clicked on the links. So far no damage on my computer, but I'll be keeping my fingers crossed

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Marti AnnMarch 16, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Thank you for this info. I googled vampirestat.com and saw your blog about it. Thankful I didn't try to click their link first. Is there a way to remove them or block them?

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Ashvin ChauhanMarch 16, 2013 at 11:17 PM
I am very much difficulty, I guess I click on that site and found now I am in trouble.. whenever I post new article, I do not know why it automatically published 50 times and I can see the traffic is from vampirestat and adsensewatchdog.

Anybody can help me out, it happened with me 5th time and it really damage my blog reputation

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Tekk3yMarch 17, 2013 at 11:59 PM
Thanks for the heads up.

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FanFictionMarch 18, 2013 at 8:15 AM
Does anyone wanna view my blog?

Fanfiction2.blogspot.com

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Lorraine TurnerMarch 18, 2013 at 8:45 AM
thank you this has helped me greatly- I too am a writer and find this terribly annoying...

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Lorraine TurnerMarch 18, 2013 at 8:53 AM
http://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1033162

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Paul WilliamsMarch 18, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Sounds like we are all in the same boat.
Rather deflating considering all the effort we put into our blogs only to find many of the hits are illegit.
I searched vampirestat by chance and came up with your site. Glad I did. Thanks everyone for all the advice.

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Zephod BeeblebroxMarch 19, 2013 at 10:47 AM
It doesn't matter how well optimized a website is. I just found I couldn't get the internet to work for me in a financially meaningful way - whatever I was selling. All this zombiestat stuff is, in my opinion, people trying to get hits onto websites. You see the adverts - pay $20 for 2,000 hits on your site. Sure - I can sit there and click a mouse on my own site too. They pay $20 and zombiestat does the work. Some little slimeball pockets $20 and the person that paid $20 finally realizes that his and visitors are not the same thing.

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D.B.March 19, 2013 at 3:41 PM
I also found the vampirestat AND bthemes on the page views..I went on the bthemes website one time and never downloaded anything and I an finding page views from them now too! I sent blogger feedback, and they do a screen capture of the stats page I was on and the complete css file shows to the right of it.I informed them that these sites are creating pageviews and asked how to block them. I made the mistake by clicking on the vampire link one also and it is a domains for sale type of site. For now until I here back from Blogger I have limited views to blogger users only.

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Ofertas y CuponesMarch 21, 2013 at 4:48 AM
I fell into the trap. I have a new blog and so many views are from vampirestat, and I click it, also I have a few views from bthemes.info.

www.ofertasycuponesgratis.com

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TheSmitlyJotterMarch 22, 2013 at 5:09 AM
Same here peeps - vampirestate and bthemes - yet another example that someone is always ready to prey on the unsuspecting. Vampirestat can take a bite out of someone else, no more clicks from me. Great article, Sylvester. Thanks for the info.

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somethinspecial.comMarch 22, 2013 at 2:29 PM
I've been getting "hits" from both vampirestat & adsensewatchdog, I clicked on both of them and they are ad sites. Wish I could block them somehow.

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Gloria ThamMarch 25, 2013 at 2:03 PM
Thank you for the info. :)

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Lucy HancockMarch 29, 2013 at 7:16 PM
Thank you so much! I did check before clicking and you apparently saved me from identity theft and also being disappointed.

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Genevieve D.March 30, 2013 at 1:03 PM
This was very informative! Guess I don't have many "real" blog views then. :P

(If anybody would care to give some out real views. . . www.penniesothoughts.blogspot.com. Thanks! :)

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WesMarch 31, 2013 at 12:47 PM
Thanks for this

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Christina MarieMarch 31, 2013 at 9:04 PM
Thank you! I was about to click on vampirestat but thought maybe I'd do a bit of research before I did.

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MorganApril 2, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Thanks for the info!

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PamApril 3, 2013 at 7:40 AM
Very helpful information. Most of my traffic seems to be spam from vampirestats (sad but true). However, if I look at the "posts" options in Blogger, the views that appear next to each post are much smaller numbers and I suspect these views are the real deal. Am I correct?

BTW, I wrote a post called "Is It All Spam? on my blog, palevanilla.blogspot.com There are no ads on my blog, just thoughts and musings.

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Stretchy MiddleApril 3, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Thanks for the info.

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The Garden MommaApril 4, 2013 at 1:54 PM
So... I never clicked on anything, but now I have a virus or something on the computer I use for my blog. I am confused because the blog Isn't for profit- just for my own reference and anyone who likes to garden. :) But how did I get this virus? I don't use the computer for anything else and whenever I google anything about Blogger traffic sources, I am redirected to spam sites. (Including when I tried to click on this entry on the other computer.) I'm technologically illiterate, so any help is appreciated!

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The Garden MommaApril 4, 2013 at 2:07 PM
I should mention that it is ONLY when I google about Blogger traffic sources that I am redirected, which leads me to believe the two are connected.

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