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==='''Malicious scripts'''=== | ==='''Malicious scripts'''=== | ||
Malicious scripts are sometimes basically used on [[screamers]] to frighten the viewer from closing the application immediately, they mostly fullscreen your | Malicious scripts are sometimes basically used on [[screamers]] to frighten the viewer from closing the application immediately, they mostly fullscreen your device right after the page is loaded, other types of them, are locking volume adjust, infinite tabs, as well as extremely loud distortions. and flashing lights, they could potentially harm your computer, or annoy you. | ||
==Origins== | =='''Origins'''== | ||
[[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [[:Category:1970s|1970s]] and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [[:Category:2000|2000s]]. The first screamers to be aired on television were part of an advertising campaign named ''Wide Awake'' from [[K-fee]], for their new coffee drink called ''Turbodrink''. The nine ads consisted of a peaceful scene with soothing music, but at some point in the ad, the scene gets briefly interrupted by either a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and the product. | [[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [[:Category:1970s|1970s]] and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [[:Category:2000|2000s]]. The first screamers to be aired on television were part of an advertising campaign named ''Wide Awake'' from [[K-fee]], for their new coffee drink called ''Turbodrink''. The nine ads consisted of a peaceful scene with soothing music, but at some point in the ad, the scene gets briefly interrupted by either a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and the product. | ||
== Popular Culture == | |||
== '''Popular Culture''' == | |||
Because of their reputation as clever trolling tools and pranks, screamers have been featured quite recently in works of fiction and also in some well-known cartoons. | Because of their reputation as clever trolling tools and pranks, screamers have been featured quite recently in works of fiction and also in some well-known cartoons. | ||
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===Scary Pop up videos=== | ===Scary Pop up videos=== | ||
[[File:ScaryKitten.JPG|thumb|The Kitten in the original scary pop-up, but there are so many variations with this pic]] | [[File:ScaryKitten.JPG|thumb|The Kitten in the original scary pop-up, but there are so many variations with this pic.]] | ||
'''Scary Pop up videos''' is another type of [[screamer]], that has been circulating around the internet since 2007, the first video that has been ever made was called [[Scary Pop Up (Original)|Scary Pop Up]] which shows a kitten jumping across the flowers with no sound, a [[Regan MacNeil]] image appears | '''Scary Pop up videos''' is another type of [[screamer]], that has been circulating around the internet since 2007, the first video that has been ever made was called [[Scary Pop Up (Original)|Scary Pop Up]] which shows a kitten jumping across the flowers with no sound, a [[Regan MacNeil]] image appears afterward, the video has accumulated over 6 million views, many videos related to [[screamers]] are copied with this title, but with a subject added to it, here's an example: [[Scary Pop on Czech Railroad Crossing]] or [[Scary pop up that will make you jump and cry(it will make you cry)]]. | ||
=== Gravity Falls === | === Gravity Falls === | ||
