When clicking on ANY google ad using any browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc.) on my MacBook Pro, it will not connect. Stops at Googleadservices.com.
Fully updated to Mojave.
Removed Sophos (the only antivirus software).
Another computer in my office on the same wifi network works fine, so it's not the router.
Tried both Google DNS and my ISP DNS so it's not the dns settings.
Any ideas would be helpful! Thanks
Dave
MacBook Pro 15", 10.14
You may have some sort of redirect. I would run Malwarebytes.
Do you have a link for any of the ads?
I can try, although I suspect they will point me back to Apple so I was hoping to see if anyone in the Apple world has found a solution.
It's the same for any kind of ad, but here's an example. Anything going to googleadservices.com returns a "can't connect" or similar error in any browser. Normally, the below link would redirect to the final ad. On this computer, the normal ad redirect never occurs.
https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiU1KGX67LgAhUMxmQKHeWYDy8YABAAGgJwag&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAASE-Ro2zX7EKLfCpCP2yhx-gEMbCU&sig=AOD64_2OYhkX5z0q_h5o1Atjg-kUTb5zJA&q=&ved=2ahUKEwiKxJyX67LgAhXollQKHXDhDZwQ0Qx6BAgQEAE&adurl=&bg=!9vWl9e1EQB76-gH-pIgCAAAAv1IAAAABCgAaY061e2u1dSVqdjnFqcZUl89Zwzh9sMohEySZAQ9ZpklIZdUjH6S41je2AN0KtqQurA_8ZKofCmx6ilHo3EQhdH_QVilj2tw2dP44BeCSkUPZiwJdbYdYyJIN-wJ9JkOyKPsDbo9nDA22pPxTccS5dVvZQz7iZh-qFO7D53peyltI-TGXjMN1N0aPNksuUTVAj6Rsitn7MTYkQZM7GEwIK1wEBacXUx7IPoKKJoByNDyM-lNEQxfKfMPPgOQqUadv07hFsKlaoKhIIoTY_x8d336Nzi7yxqJ0e5AqxO6vtqpA2IHoneWPY4yN4twQRsCA5PWLJPq-USeqzPx97es8Ye0phqOEPsS-cZS1nkBexwQ9RQwMvEWfOjAgP5JsFNuRL9jfQBKv6xWyhjdg
Apologies. It's very early in the AM and apparently I'm not thinking clearly. I was doing a search on googleleadservices not googleadservices. From what I found online it's not unusual to go not further than googleadsservices.com. It's not hard to find further info online. In any case, it has nothing to do with your Mac or browsers or settings.
Understood, so the problem is with my Mac somehow since it affects all browsers on this computer but no other computer on my network. Malware scans reveal no problem with my Mac, cannot find any settings that would cause this one legitimate site not to work and so unsure of additional troubleshooting steps at this point other that to back up my documents and do a clean install. Even went so far as to FSCK it in command line in a long shot, no issue.
Well the "link" you posted does nothing. The site "http://www.googleleadservices.com/"
has nothing to do with Google.
They have a disclaimer on the bottom of their page.
I don't have any ad blocking on any of my browsers - the problem affects all of my browsers on one computer but no other computers in my office.
googleleadservices is different from googleadservices
Yes. As I pointed out, I realized they were two different URLs after the fact.
As I mentioned, The googleadservices page does not open for me so you are not alone. I also found others with the same issue after doing a Google search. You can always ask Google Help.
GoogleAdServices.com is a redirect and IS part of how Google Ads tracks the ad delivery. It's a google property. If you inspect any of the links on Google Ads, you will find that googleadservices is a part of that and has been for a while. Check What is googleadservices.com in Google Analytics? | Ice Nine Onlinehttps://icenineonline.com/blog/googleadservices-com-google-analytics/
googleleadservices is different from googleadservices - two different URLS and GoogleLeadServices is related to malware. I'm not having a problem with that. I'm having a problem with GoogleAdServices.com, a legitimate website from google and all browsers on my computer. But not on any other computer in my office. So it's related to my Mac somehow.
Are you using any ad blocker?
Can't click on Google Ads in ANY Browser
