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What are the early signs that a bot is spoofing its browser or network?

What are the early signs that a bot is spoofing its browser or network?

Direct Answer: A real browser usually has coherent connection, location, language, and timing data. Automated browsers often show mismatches from proxy rotation or browser spoofing. BotRefund treats these mismatches as evidence and cross-checks them against 106 independent signals before deciding.

What are the main sources of fake clicks that drain PPC budgets?

Direct Answer: Fake clicks typically come from three places: competitor click campaigns where rivals manually click your ads, botnets and proxy networks that route automated requests through compromised residential devices, and malicious display or publisher networks that auto-click ads on their own sites to...

What does a free bot audit include?

Direct Answer: The audit scans your site with over one hundred independent checks, including browser capability, speech synthesis, network and device signals. It builds a picture of each visit and flags suspicious activity. BotRefund then provides a report showing which traffic appears automated.

What happens after a bot detection tool catches a Font OS Mismatch on my site?

Direct Answer: BotRefund treats that mismatch as one piece of evidence, not a final answer. It cross-checks the signal against independent browser, network, device, and behavior data. The AI prediction then decides if the visit is a bot, which is why a single mismatch...

What happens after FlareSolverr Patch evidence is collected on my site?

Direct Answer: The signal is treated as independent evidence and sent into BotRefund's prediction AI. The AI evaluates it together with browser, network, device, and behavior data to decide if the visit is human or automated. When the evidence supports a bot verdict, it...

What happens after the bot audit report is finished and I have the evidence?

Direct Answer: You take the dispute-ready report containing the GCLIDs, timestamps, and behavioral proof and submit it to Google Ads or Meta Ads support as a Click Investigation request. Once the ad platform reviews the evidence, they issue a billing credit back to your...

What is a cheap or free tool for identifying bot traffic on my landing pages?

Direct Answer: You can start by checking server logs for high click rates with zero interaction or using hidden honeypot fields in your forms. For a more automated approach, BotRefund offers a lightweight script that monitors over 50 client-side behavioral signals to identify bots...

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What is a cheap or free tool for identifying bot traffic on my landing pages?

What is a free bot audit and how does it help me stop ad waste from bots like those using rapid tab blurs?

Direct Answer: A free bot audit from BotRefund scans your site for 106 independent signals, including rapid tab blurs, to detect automated traffic. You get a report showing how many bot visits occurred and which behaviors were detected. This helps you decide whether to...

What is a popup blocker bypass check in bot detection?

Direct Answer: It is one of the independent checks BotRefund uses to spot automated visits. It looks for a mismatch that a real browsing session would not normally create. Scripts can send clicks and scrolls, but they struggle to reproduce the varied timing, movement,...

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What is a popup blocker bypass check in bot detection?

What is an anti-stealth trap in bot detection?

Direct Answer: Anti-stealth traps are checks designed to catch bots that try to mimic human behavior by hiding their automation. BotRefund includes traps that look for patched browser APIs, debugger presence, and other anomalies. These traps are part of the 106 independent checks that...

What is FlareSolverr Patch in bot detection?

Direct Answer: FlareSolverr Patch is one of the 106 independent checks BotRefund uses to separate human visits from automated ones. It looks for shortcuts or browser remnants that automation toolkits like FlareSolverr leave behind. A normal browser does not usually create this kind of...

What is Hardware & GPU Fingerprinting in bot detection?

Direct Answer: Hardware & GPU Fingerprinting involves examining the hardware and graphics details reported by a user's device. A normal browser reports details that naturally fit together for that device. Mismatches can indicate that a virtual machine or spoofed profile is being used, which...

What is pixel poisoning and how does it affect my ad campaigns?

Direct Answer: Pixel poisoning happens when bots trigger conversion events on your site, causing your ad platform to optimize for fake signals. This corrupts your lookalike audiences and can spike your CPA. BotRefund prevents this by suppressing the Meta Pixel in real time when...

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What is the Audio Latency Drift check looking for?

Direct Answer: It looks for a mismatch that a real browsing session does not normally create. Virtual machines and spoofed profiles can claim one device while their graphics, fonts, audio, or processor behavior tells another story. BotRefund uses this as one of 106 independent...

What is the benefit of using 106 independent checks for bot detection?

Direct Answer: Using 106 independent checks allows BotRefund to build a comprehensive and reliable picture of whether a visit is human or automated. Each check provides a piece of objective evidence that is then cross-checked and analyzed by AI prediction. This multi-signal approach significantly...

What is the difference between blocking bots in real time and only recovering past spend?

Direct Answer: Real-time blocking stops bots from triggering your pixels and consuming your budget the moment they hit your site, which protects your live campaigns today. Past spend recovery means gathering evidence of historical invalid clicks and submitting it to the ad platform for...

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What is the difference between blocking bots in real time and only recovering past spend?

What is the difference between FlareSolverr detection and basic browser fingerprinting?

Direct Answer: Basic fingerprinting looks at static browser details, while FlareSolverr detection looks for specific automation remnants like shortcuts left by the toolkit. BotRefund uses the FlareSolverr Patch check as one of 106 independent signals. It combines that evidence with other checks and AI...

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What is the difference between FlareSolverr detection and basic browser fingerprinting?

What is the difference between independent evidence and cross-checked context in bot detection?

Direct Answer: Independent evidence is one objective fact about a visit, such as a blocked challenge iframe mismatch. Cross-checked context means BotRefund tests whether other signals support the same story. A single clue is only the starting point. The final classification comes from an...

What is the difference between IP blocking and client-side detection?

Direct Answer: IP blocking relies on static blacklists, which modern botnets can easily bypass with rotating proxies. Client-side detection analyzes behavior and browser signals in real time. BotRefund uses 110+ on-site telemetry signals to identify bots that IP blocking misses. This approach also provides...

What is the free Starter plan limit?

Direct Answer: The free Starter tier allows up to three hundred bot detections per month. It includes the full verification dashboard and self‑service refund report generation. If you exceed the limit, you can upgrade to a paid plan for unlimited coverage.

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