Hi, I was just wondering if Google let you know of any invalid clicks immediately or only when it is time for a payout?

Thanks.

I think after they review your site and clicks, they send you warnings through email. And they deduct the earnings from the invalid clicks from your total earnings. That's what they did to mine.

So if I had any invalid clicks, I should know by know, assuming they're weeks old?

I don't think one needs to be paranoid about accidental clicks (unless, ofcourse, you have an irresistible twitch when you hold a mouse). As per Inside AdSense email (25th May 2007):

However, we do understand that an accidental click may occur from time to time, so there's no need to contact us each instance this occurs.

Because we closely monitor all account activity using engineering systems and thorough human analysis, chances are we've already detected your clicks on your ads and discounted them. While these clicks still show in your reports, we filter out their associated earnings so that advertisers aren't charged. However, please keep in mind that we don't ignore the clicks completely; if it appears to us that a publisher has been clicking on his own ads to inflate his earnings or an advertiser's costs, we may disable the account to protect our advertisers' interests.

Hope this helps

I never received any notice that there was invalid click activity, but there apparently was, and my account got suspended.

I am currently awaiting a reply to my appeal! ='(

Hey i dont know about you but they didnt give any warning to a friend of mine and i am 200% sure he didnt even do a single click on his site. Without warning they just banned him