Google Adsense?
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Invalid clicks is a "catch all" term that they use, but it does not always mean that the publisher cheated. It can mean anywhere from clicking on your own ads, labeling the ads, inciting visitors to support the site and click on the ads, etc.
It will not be up to Google to show your friend the IPs of those who clicked or to prove your friend did something dishonest. Instead, ask her to explain to them in a very professional manner that she never caused invalid clicks and send them her logfiles to help prove her case.
You have to remember that the first responsibility of Google is to satisfy their advertisers, where the money comes from; and not the publishers. They need to protect the interests of advertisers at all cost. As a result, any clicks perceived to be less than above-board are investigated oftentimes leading to the cancellation of the account of the advertiser.
There have been many cases of publishers whose account was initially disabled but reinstated from the program. Here are some threads from Webmasterworld.com of such cases:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/98...
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/59...
Show these threads to her and learn from what these webmasters did to get their accounts back. She's lucky that she was paid and her payment was not withheld.
Keep the money .Because may it was still in active state when she earned the money.
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