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|title = Findminecraft.com | |title = Findminecraft.com | ||
|image = MinecraftWebsite.png | |image = MinecraftWebsite.png | ||
|imagecaption = The | |imagecaption = The '''Real''' Minecraft website. | ||
|maker = Unknown | |maker = Unknown | ||
|type = Website | |type = Website | ||
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|status = Offline | |status = Offline | ||
}} | }} | ||
When visiting, | '''FindMincraft.com''' was a [[screamer]] webpage registered in 2012, It is a name that is supposed to mislead users into clicking the [https://www.minecraft.net real website]. | ||
When visiting, a flashing picture of [[Jeff the Killer]] appears along with a loud scream. It is the same SWF file that is used in [[Anne.jpg]]. Because of its misleading domain name, this website has misled many people into thinking that the website was about the best-selling game, ''[[wikipedia:Minecraft|Minecraft]]''. | |||
=='''History'''== | =='''History'''== | ||
The website was registered in August 2013, it | The website was registered in August 2013, it displayed the same content as described above. The SWF file is named: "alts.swf", located at '''scetch.net''', a mirror of [[Anne.jpg]]. | ||
In 2014, the site later | In 2014, the site later redirected to an SWF file, with the same: '''"screamer.swf"''' and located at '''/images/enter-at-own-risk/''' from Minetime, which was also deleted off the platform, the domain: "findminecraft.net" was registered in 2014 using the same name, the site itself did not contain [[screamers]]. | ||
As of May 2017, the hoster of the website was later banned by Cloudflare, followed by a discounting the entire site, the website was later purchased by a cybersquatter on July 7, 2019, and was last updated in May 2021. | As of May 2017, the hoster of the website was later banned by Cloudflare, followed by a discounting the entire site, the website was later purchased by a cybersquatter on July 7, 2019, and was last updated in May 2021. | ||
===Popularity=== | ===Popularity=== | ||
A popular YouTuber: DanTDM has been tricked to open the website. (while it was active), giving the site some popularity. | A popular YouTuber: DanTDM has been tricked to open the website. (while it was active), giving the site some popularity. | ||
== Link == | == Link == | ||
<font color="yellow">'''<u>WARNING</u>''': The following website contains a [[screamer]] with flashing lights.</font> | <font color="yellow">'''<u>WARNING</u>''': The following website contains a [[screamer]] with flashing lights.</font> | ||
* web.archive.org/web/20130906063308/findminecraft.com | * web.archive.org/web/20130906063308/findminecraft.com | ||
* '''SWF File:''' mediafire.com/file/10wheoawzatk6f5/alts.swf/file | * '''SWF File:''' mediafire.com/file/10wheoawzatk6f5/alts.swf/file | ||
{{Comments}} | {{Comments}} | ||
[[Category:Websites]] | [[Category:Websites]] | ||
