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|title = Findminecraft.com | |title = Findminecraft.com | ||
|image = MinecraftWebsite.png | |image = MinecraftWebsite.png | ||
|imagecaption = | |imagecaption = A screenshot of the real Minecraft website. | ||
|maker = Unknown | |maker = Unknown | ||
|type = Website | |type = Website | ||
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|status = Offline | |status = Offline | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Findminecraft.com''' was a [[screamer]] [[webpage]] registered in 2013 | '''Findminecraft.com''' was a [[screamer]] [[webpage]] registered in 2013 by an unknown person. | ||
== Description == | |||
Upon loading, a flashing image of [[Jeff the Killer]] immediately appears along with an extremely loud and metallic-sounding noise. This is the same [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] program that was used in [[Anne.jpg]]. Because of its similar domain name with the real site, this website has misled many users who intended to access the [https://www.minecraft.net official website] of the video game ''Minecraft''. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The website was registered in August 2013, and displayed the same content as described above. The | The website was registered in August 2013, and displayed the same content as described above. The Flash program was named "alts.swf", located at '''scetch.net''', a mirror of Anne.jpg. | ||
In 2014, the site | In 2014, the site began redirecting to another Flash program, with the same '''"screamer.swf"''' file located on the page '''/images/enter-at-own-risk/''' from Minetime, which was also deleted off the platform. The domain "findminecraft.net" was registered again in 2014, but did not contain any screamer. | ||
In May 2017, the hoster of the website was banned by Cloudflare, followed by a | In May 2017, the hoster of the website was banned by Cloudflare, followed by a discontinuation of the website. The site was later purchased by a cybersquatter on July 7, 2019, and was last updated in May 2021. | ||
Popular [[YouTube|YouTuber]] [[wikipedia:DanTDM|DanTDM]] once opened the website while recording, adding to the site's popularity.<ref>youtube.com/watch?v=CcOFinI8GbA</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Link == | == Link == | ||
<font color="yellow">'''<u> | <font color="yellow">'''<u>NOTE</u>''': The following website contains a [[screamer]] with flashing lights!</font> | ||
* '''Deleted:''' <s>findminecraft.com</s> | * '''Deleted:''' <s>findminecraft.com</s> | ||
* web.archive.org/web/20130906063308/findminecraft.com | * '''Archive:''' web.archive.org/web/20130906063308/findminecraft.com | ||
* '''SWF | * '''SWF file:''' mediafire.com/file/10wheoawzatk6f5/alts.swf/file | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Clickbait screamers]] | [[Category:Clickbait screamers]] | ||
[[Category:Minecraft]] | [[Category:Minecraft]] | ||
[[Category:Immediate]] | |||
[[Category:Unknown maker]] | |||