Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: A Foundation-operated web analysis bot is to be kept operating at all times. While operational, the bot searches web addresses with a similar structure archetype typically associated with SCP-XXXX instances. If any manifestation of SCP-XXXX is found, the bot will automatically start attacking the server host until it is offline. If not possible, MTF Mu-4 ("Debuggers") will be deployed on the server location to retrieve it. When a file is downloaded, a global disinformation campaign should start, ensuring the change in history is perceived as normal. If such campaign is not successful, global amnesticizing protocol ENNUI-11 is to be enacted. SCP-XXXX is not to be tested.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a collective designation for any website who has a similar address structure to "Download More [Computer Hardware]". It is currently unknown who hosts it, if there is a host, and the intent of those pages. Each page is referred to as "SCP-XXXX-[HARDWARE]-[NUMBER]", with variations according to individual instance.
The SCP-XXXX instances prompt the user to "download hardware", allegating that it will increase their computer's performance. When the user clicks on the download button, there is no apparent effect, other than the download of a file with varying name, size or format depending on the piece downloaded, with recorded files being registered on the addendum.
Inevitably, 72 hours after the event, the user will be approached by a humanoid, designated SCP-XXXX-A with a military uniform and a cap with "Time Police" written on it. The entity will ask the user about a seemingly random relevant structure, person or location, either from the past, present or the future, and proceed to engage on a conversation which will always lead to the user being arrested. The humanoid only interacts with said user, ignoring anything and anyone else in the surroundings.
SCP-XXXX changes history with each download, taking important elements from it and interpreting them to the user's computer, scaling them down to the supported hardware size. All documents and memories related to such people or locations on the past will change to reflect their disappearances, typically informing that people died and locations were destroyed or ransacked. Such events are referred to as SCP-XXXX-B, and some of them might refer to locations or people not yet existant.
Addendum XXXX.01: GoI Connections
Chat logs related to the origins of SCP-XXXX were found on 12/05/20██ by Foundation web-crawlers, indicating the source of the pages to be 16 year-old Timothy Johnson.
Johnson is an active member of GoI "Gamers Against Weed", and uses the alias "weed_blazer03".
~ Edison Smith joined the channel.
weed_blazer01: yeah anyways tahts how i changed the school yearbook to contain a pic of oj simpson lmao
Edison Smith: Hello. My grandson pointed me to come to this online chatting room, so that I could further increase my computer's performance. Could any of you fine lads help me?
oregantrail: what the fuck kinda old fart name is that
weed_blazer03: yeah lmao how did this old dude get here
gangweeb: Come on, guys. It's my grandpa.
bones: Please be more respectful. Edison, what do you mean with that?
Edison Smith: Thank you. Well, my machine is running a bit slowly as of late, so I asked my grandson to help me with these problems, and he told me to come here.
weed_blazer03: why the fuck did you invite your grandpa
oregantrail: alright so you want us to buy you computer parts
gangweeb: Well, he did need help, you know? And you guys should be able to do so.
Edison Smith: No, you're misunderstanding me. I wish to download this fancy "RAM" thing.
weed_blazer03: you know, i can help with you with that
weed_blazer03: one sec
[Log redacted for brevity]
weed_blazer03: alright enter this link right here and download it [REDACTED]
weed_blazer03: this should fix your problems @Edison Smith
Edison Smith: Many thanks.
~ Edison Smith left the channel.
oregantrail: not gonna click that shit lmao
oregantrail: what did you do?
weed_blazer03: not really sure tbh
weed_blazer03: just put some spacey timey magicc on the download button
gangweeb: What the fuck, man? Couldn't you just help him?
weed_blazer03: like, what could even go wrong with that
weed_blazer03: really, its your fault @gangweeb
bones: You were already told to be more careful with your "jokes", @weed_blazer03.
weed_blazer03: cmon it will be fun
oregantrail: nice lmaoooooo
bones: There's no fun to be had wrecking up history.
~ weed_blazer03 was banned for 2 weeks by bones.
oregantrail: f
gangweeb: No F's for our boy.
bones: Really, @gangweeb? You should be smart enough to know not to invite family members.
bones: Not sure what to do. I guess you should take this as an warning, for lack of common sense.
gangweeb: It seemed like a good idea when I did it, tho.
Addendum XXXX.02: History-altering Events
Due to how SCP-XXXX works, it is a hard task to know the effects of each download. However, by interviewing people who came into contact with SCP-XXXX instances and the memory probing of historians, such events can be registered.
Event ██ - 03/10/19██
Website: SCP-XXXX-HARDDRIVE-█
File Downloaded: LibraryofAlexandria.docx
Results: All documents referring to the Library were changed to say that it burned on 48 B.C.. A miniature of it was found on the downloader's computer, and was promptly retrieved by field agents.
Disinformation Status: Partially Successful.
Event ██ - 06/02/20██
Website: SCP-XXXX-GPU-██
File Downloaded: LeonardodaVinci.jpeg
Results: All documents relating to Leonardo da Vinci were changed to say that he died on 1519. He was sent to the user's computer while finishing "The Adoration of the Magi". Leonardo was found dead by dehydration and heat strokes.
Disinformation Status: Successful.
Event ██ - 02/12/20██
Website: SCP-XXXX-CPU-██
File Downloaded: Ramanujan.bat
Results: All documents relating to Ramanujan were changed to say that he died of tuberculosis on 1920. People who personally knew him, such as his wife or the nurses, confirm that fact. He was not found, and is assumed to have escaped.
Disinformation Status: Successful.
Addendum XXXX.03: Interview XXXX-1
Interviewed: Timothy "weed_blazer03" Johnson
Interviewer: Dr. Soares
Foreword: Dr. Soares requested that Timothy Johnson was found and brought to a safe interrogation room.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Soares: Good day, "weed blazer".
Timothy Johnson: Come on, doc. You know my real name. Really, why did you guys kidnap me?
Dr. Soares: Well, everything indicates that you are the creator of what we know as "SCP-XXXX". The "Download More RAM" websites.
Timothy Johnson: Oh, right, that. Really, it was last year, I don't see any reason to get alarmed.
Dr. Soares: I'm not sure you understand the gravity of the situation, Mr. Johnson.
Timothy Johnson: Of course I don't, there's nothing alarming about a fucking meme.
Dr. Soares: Definitely. The problem is, your "meme" has messed with history more than once. And, apparently, it has been a webpage since the Internet was created.
Timothy Johnson: Oh, yeah, I can-
Dr. Soares: Let me finish. Have you ever heard about the Library of Alexandria?
Timothy Johnson: Yeah, sure, doc, but that's not rele-
Dr. Soares: And do you know what happened with it?
Timothy Johnson: Uh-huh, it burned some time ago. Still-
Dr. Soares: See, there's the problem. What really happened is, it suddenly just disappeared from where it was, and materialized inside someone's computer. And, as you probably guessed, that's because someone clicked on a download from one of your sites. Something like "DownloadMoreMemory.com".
Timothy Johnson: I… Didn't know that could happen? I mean, the only site that I created was meant to download more RAM, you dig?
Dr. Soares: So, you didn't create those extra sites? Such as the CPU and GPU downloading ones?
Timothy Johnson: Nope.
Dr. Soares: What you mean is, this spiraled out of your control?
Timothy Johnson: I guess that's a way to put it?
Dr. Soares audibly sighs.
Dr. Soares: Alright, thanks.
Timothy Johnson: No problem, my man.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Timothy was admnistered standard amnestics, and then sent back to his house.