Glossary · Fraud
Click injection— what it means in affiliate marketing
Android fraud where a malicious app detects an install in progress and fires a click just before it finishes, claiming the attribution.
The giveaway is timing: the click-to-install gap is measured in seconds instead of minutes. Google closed the broadcast that made the classic version possible, and the pattern moved on rather than disappeared.
Related terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Click fraud | Generating clicks artificially — by bots, farms or scripts — to drain a budget or to earn click-based payouts. |
| Click hijacking | Intercepting another advertiser's click and substituting your own tracking so the conversion is attributed to you. |
Entry updated 29 July 2026. All 276 terms in one page.
