It seems like this Christmas wasn’t all that Christmassy for some Google AdSense publishers. Some are complaining that it was the worst earnings day in their history, while others are saying they found malware on their site published on their sites from Google’s ad network.

A Google AdSense Help thread has a post from an AdSense publisher on the malware issue. He said, “My Christmas present from Adsense was a malware attack.”

Google has not confirmed any malware attacks on their network, so this is all hearsay right now.

Meanwhile a WebmasterWorld thread has reports that it was the worst earnings day of all time for most publishers. Now Christmas is normally expected to be lower on the earnings scale, but publishers are saying it was worse than all previous Christmas days. A WebmasterWorld senior member said:

So how about that, low earnings and malware for Christmas?

Forum discussion at Google AdSense Help and WebmasterWorld.