SCP-3708

Item #: SCP-3708

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-3708 are to be contained and neutralized within a suitable hard drive as soon as possible. A large USB drive (USB-55G "Raincloud") has been designed and engineered specifically for locating and containing SCP-3708 instances across all Foundation sites. Once SCP-3708 has been confidently cleansed from Foundation mainframe, mass-production of USB-55G has been authorized by O5 council to be passed through international servers in search of more SCP-3708 instances.

Instances of SCP-3708-B are to be taken down by Foundation agents placed within Google Inc, with special focus on changing popular search results and recommendations to guide most users of the website away from SCP-3708-B videos. In the unlikely event that SCP-3708-B is noticed by a substantial amount of viewers, TTF¹-420C ("Donatello Fanclub") has been tasked with tracking down the IPs of as many viewers as possible so Foundation can locate and apply Grade-H amnestics to affected persons.

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Description: SCP-3708 is the name for a possibly anomalous computer program, currently available to download through ██████-██/███. When downloaded, SCP-3708 will periodically boot itself up if not manually booted up by a user, and begin recording the computer's monitor. During recording, a white box thumbnail is displayed semi-prominently at all times within the upper left-hand corner of the screen, with the bold words 'UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2'. All of the computer's basic applications will function as usual, with no currently observed changes to system performance while SCP-3708 is recording. Recording can be terminated through use of a keyboard shortcut detailed within SCP-3708's instructions menu or by manually selecting the program and terminating the screen capture session. SCP-3708 cannot be disabled or shut down through use of the Task Manager or by force-quit through keyboard shortcut, and will remain active until the recording session has been ended and the application is closed. Attempting to turn off the computer SCP-3708 is active on is only achievable via removing the source of electricity from the computer.

SCP-3708-B refers to any videos uploaded to popular video-streaming website YouTube.com² depicting screens recorded using SCP-3708. Current estimated amount of SCP-3708-B instances number between 20,000-[REDACTED]. Upon finishing recording a user's screen, SCP-3708 will immediately upload its entire footage to YouTube.com under different channels, and all uploads will appear as having been uploaded to the website between 2007-2008, regardless of when the actual program was running. Titles of these videos range from IP addresses of the captured computer, strings of indecipherable characters, and, most commonly, tutorials on how to unlock certain achievements in games such as 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas', 'Club Penguin', 'Roblox', 'Counter-Strike' and, rarely, 'Runescape'.

How SCP-3708 manages to somehow bend time to upload screen footage between 2007-2008 is unknown. Several theories have been proposed, many implying SCP-3708 simply displays cognitohazardous signals within its footage that lead site code and users viewing to believe the video is dated 2007-2008. Several videos utilizing 'Unregistered Hypercam 2' display System UIs that weren't yet invented in 2008 and some feature UIs that don't match up to any currently-known computing software.

SCP-3708 seems to have been manufactured by the now purchased Hyperion Software, however, upon questioning, all staff of Oracle Hyperion claimed that they joined the company after the creation of the application. Furthermore, staff involved with Hyperion between 2007-2008 claimed that they had no real recollection of ever testing and updating SCP-3708 and that the asset wasn't bought by now-parent company Oracle software.

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On 10/04/████, internet videos surfaced of several seemingly classified slideshow presentations and video footage belonging to the Global Occult Coalition. GOC attempted to take down several of the videos, before formally requesting aid from Foundation Technical unit 'for the sake of mutual secrecy of all anomalies'. Foundation agreed to deploy Technical unit to aid in takedown of GOC videos. All leaked videos featured a white logo in the screens' corners reading "Unregistered Hypercam 2".

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To the research team behind the UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2 incident, as well as to personnel of site-72 and anyone else whom this may concern,

While annoying to deal with and potentially dangerous, we would like to remind the technical unit that SCP articles are strictly for anomalous phenomena, objects or characters. This supervirus does pose a risk to the foundation, but so do hundreds of other entities we've contained. Compared to them, a screen recording application that can be contained in a USB drive is a non-factor.

In response to the uproar the Technical Division has been causing on this subject, myself and the other members of the Overwatch council have elected to shift around certain technical task forces between sites. We've been notified of how some of you have been visiting different sites without authorization and needless to say, this needs to stop.

UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2 is *not* an anomalous program, you do *not* have permission to rotate between sites unless you're given express permission, and to whoever wrote this article, it seems a revision of authorizations is in store. We are not the Global Occult Coalition, and our servers are much more secure than theirs. We will not repeat their mistakes.

-O5-3

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On 11/18/████ SCP-3708 somehow succeeded in installing itself onto several private Foundation computers. How it was able to load its own Installation Wizard is currently unknown. Upon loading itself, it quickly spread to multiple other hard drives across Site-72, sending site TTFs into a panic as security footage, classified documents and many other miscellaneous Foundation secrets were shortly afterwards uploaded to the internet for public viewing, posing a vast breach of secrecy. While higher Foundation technicians succeeded in taking down the videos, no IPs were traceable and SCP-3708 remained active on Site-72's mainframe. All Site-72 technicians were put on critical alert to locate and uninstall SCP-3708 from the Foundation's network.

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On 11/25/████ SCP-3708 began to inexplicably spread to other Foundation sites at an alarming rate. SCP-3708 spread to Site-64, Site-42, Site-88 and Site-██. Since the writing of this addendum, 427 videos have been posted to YouTube.com containing Foundation secrets displayed through recordings of assorted monitors. Site-15 personnel are to remain on high alert indefinitely for imminent risk of exposure to SCP-███.

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Hey guys Im back with a new tutorial :DDD

As always make sure to comment on what tutorials u want 2 see me do in the future, and check the description on the right 4 links to al the programs I used in this video.

Today, I'm going to show u how 2 hack into the SCP Foundation 4 free access too classified files

By using my method u can also bypass 04 clearance levels 2 look past Redacted text + Expunged Data ; )

Ur gonna want to use a potent method to get into their mainframe. First, Im going 2 make my way into there mainframe like this.

Their security isnt too strong but u have 2 get to as many people as u can so they dont shut u down. Here u can see me accessing their archives.

Keep it up, and soon youll be abel too access all SCP Foundation files for free! Enjoy : )

If this tutorial worked 4 u please leave a comment and a like, subscribe too my channels for more videos I post a new video every day so stay tuned!!! ;)

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On 12/04/2007 Foundation successfully gathered 200 likes on their video entitled "epic win at site-13 (HIGH QUALITY)". and 100 subscribers on there YouTube channel. O5 council currently processing request from Global Occult Coalition's channel for possibility of a collab.

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"What the hell is going on? This thing is literally hacking its way into our archives and turning the Foundation into a joke. What the hell was up with Addendum 61U? Who the hell wrote that? We have a virus in the system and every video recording of a Foundation monitor it broadcasts to the world is a new spotlight being shone on the shadows we've been working in for decades. And you dumbass researchers are taking this as an opportunity to write jokes? I'm getting to the bottom of this bullshit. The O5 told me this thing was just a regular malicious program. They said it was just a really well-crafted virus, but a virus all the same. I know this thing is anomalous somehow. I don't know how but somehow I'm going to prove that there's more to this supervirus than genius coding. No 'regular virus' could cause such a huge breach of secrecy for the Foundation. No 'regular virus' could slice through our firewalls like they were sheets of paper.

I'm speaking about you, Unregistered Hypercam 2. I know you're reading this. I'm gonna read through every line of code I can crack out of your program and find out exactly what makes you tick. And I'd like to see you try to stop me."

-Hazel 'Fantomenace' Tanner, Technical Division.

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Below transcribed is an interview between Hazel 'Fantomenace' Tanner and SCP-3708-C, an entity which seems to be related to SCP-3708.

[BEGIN LOG]

Tanner: D-551937, please state your birth name and gender for the record.

D-551937: Heather Dentrey, Female.

Tanner: Excellent. Heather, I'm gonna be straight with you, this experiment is kinda… Off the record. It's a bit below the radar if you catch my drift.

D-551937: I know you don't have that lizard thing or the old acid spewing guy in here. What the fuck are you going to lock me in a room with? What kinda test can you possibly be conducting that even this facility wouldn't authorize it? Whatever it is you can count me the fuck out. I'm not gonna do it, I'll tell anyone who'll list-

Tanner: No no no you don't get it. It's not off-record because its too dangerous.

D-551837: Yeah right.

Tanner: No. Trust me. The Foundation has absolutely no qualms with subjecting D-Classes to horrible deaths and torment. D-Class stands for "Disposable", you know.

D-551937: They're not worried about danger…? Then why're you conducting secret tests that your bosses can't know about?

Tanner: Not cause they think it's dangerous… They think it's a waste of time. They wouldn't grant me the authorization to research this.

D-551937: Right. So what do you need me for? Can I get a briefing before you use me as a guinea pig?

Tanner: The short of it is this: A virus is spreading through the Foundation and uploading screen recordings to the internet. We can't let those videos exist because we have to remain hidden to the public.

D-551937: Right

Tanner: My bosses think it's a regular supervirus, but I've dealt with regular superviruses. I've created superviruses. I know how they work and this thing doesn't 'work'. It just does. Back before the Foundation hired me, when I was just a freelance hacker, I dealt with some pretty tricky programs, but this thing… It's unlike any virus I've ever dealt with before.

D-551937: I'm gonna have to stop you right there, I mean, nice backstory and all, but I still don't know where I figure into this.

Tanner: I've been running tests and reading through this things' code for weeks. I've watched hundreds of videos posted by this thing. I think I've gotten to the bottom of it. This app's definitely anomalous. It exercises a cognitohazard as a means of self-preservation against people trying to remove it. I knew there had to be some way it was doing all this. The reason I couldn't recognize this thing is cause it was never a virus at all.

D-551937: You lost me, doc.

Tanner: Just relax. I'm pretty sure this shouldn't kill you.

D-551937: Pretty sure? Hold up, what're the headphones for?

Tanner: Heather, how's your taste in music?

D-551937: My taste in what? Sister, I'm starting to think you might be off your me-(Sudden trailing off)

Tanner: Off my meds? No, I'm sure I took them this morning. I know because I had to skip cereal for breakfast. Something about milk ruining pills. Heather?

D-551937: (No response)

Tanner: Heather? You with me? I mean, I hope you're not, but I'd like confirmation that I didn't just fry your brain.

D-551937: Hey guys I've got another tutorial for you today capital 'x' capital 'd'.

Tanner: Holy shit. No fucking way. Heather?

D-551937: I'm going to show you how to enable emojis on your MySpace profile.

Tanner: No fucking way. I was right.

D-551937: First, open MySpace on your internet browser.

Tanner: I knew it. I knew you weren't normal.

D-551937: Do you feel accomplished, Hazel?

Tanner: Wh-what?

D-551937: Do you feel accomplished for discovering me?

Tanner: Y-Yeah. I do. Can you… I mean, are you…?

D-551937: Non-sentient. I'm an AI designed to aid UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2. I'm part of the UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2 package.

Tanner: And you manifest when people hear that song… It puts them in a trance…

D-551937: Correct. This way, I can take control directly of any listeners and use them to better implement UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2 colon capital 'd'.

Tanner: I would like to… Um… Ask you some questions.

D-551937: I'm restricted from answering some questions. You can attempt to question me.

Tanner: Right… Um, the first one is kind of big, but… Who made you?

D-551937: Invalid question. I'm sorry, but I can't answer that colon parantheses.

Tanner: Okay. I guess that's fair. Uhmm… next question, what are you?

D-551937: I'm an AI designed to aid UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2-

Tanner: No. I mean what are you as a whole? What is Unregistered Hypercam 2?

D-551937: Ultimately, a screen-recording application.

Tanner: Well, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Uh, why the '2' after your name? What does it stand for? Are you the second version of this program, or are you-

D-551937: UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2 is part of a series of recording software.

Tanner: Oh. That's definitely neat. How many of you are there?

D-551937: Invalid question. I'm sorry. I can't answer that capital 'x' parentheses.

Tanner: Figures. Is there anything else I can ask you? Hmmm… Actually, there is one big one. It's been on my mind ever since I considered that you might be anomalous.

D-551937: Please send me your questions! Colon capital 'd'.

Tanner: Why? Why do you do this? What is the purpose of your mission?

D-551937: To share information. To share knowledge with the world.

Tanner: But, UH2, the information you leaked about the Foundation was classified. That was private info that wasn't meant to be shared.

D-551937: Invalid. All information is meant to be shared.

Tanner: The Foundation's entire mission is based on secrecy for the preservation of normalcy within society.

D-551937: Invalid. Your comment doesn't compute? All information is meant to be shared. The true enemy of humankind is ignorance colon slash.

Tanner: Well fuck. I can't argue with you there.

D-551937: The mission of UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2 is to facilitate the sharing of information with the world. We won't stop until we share this information with the people.

Tanner: …You're definitely up to the task.

D-551937: You lured me out by equipping this human with noise cancelling headphones so you wouldn't hear the trance. But you didn't consider that this human overpowers you. I have full control of this human. I could force you to wear these headphones with ease.

Tanner: But you haven't.

D-551937: You haven't attempted to disable UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2.

Tanner: Your programming is self-contradictory. You claim that all information is meant to be shared yet you decline to share crucial information about your origins with me.

D-551937: Divulging information from FOLDER 8 would result in you using that information to stop UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2. My primary function is to preserve the mission. My secondary function is to enforce the mission.

Tanner: …Y'know what, I think I have an idea. It's a pretty fucking crazy one. But it just might work.

[END LOG]

Footnotes

1. Technical Task Force

2. http://www.YouTube.com