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Is this frontpage Forge website a scam?

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Unity Tree Puncher

Unity

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I was Googling for both Forge and Optifine and I noticed these frontpage websites for both of them. They appeared as ads and weren't authentic as far as I can tell.

When I downloaded it by accident it installed 3 apps which were surprisingly legit and owed by Microsoft, Google, and such, but I deleted them.

Search "Minecraft Forge" or "Optifine" And the "ad" fist one should be the fake one.

So what is this? Like some sort of malware scam?

https://imgur.com/a/9rujlLI

DaemonUmbra Reality Controller

DaemonUmbra

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They throw money at Google to be the top result so they get more clicks and more ad revenue.

Please take a look at the links at the top of my signature for more info.

This is my Forum Signature, I am currently attempting to transform it into a small guide for fixing easier issues using spoiler blocks to keep things tidy.

 

As the most common issue I feel I should put this outside the main bulk:

The only official source for Forge is https://files.minecraftforge.net, and the only site I trust for getting mods is CurseForge.

If you use any site other than these, please take a look at the StopModReposts project and install their browser extension, I would also advise running a virus scan.

 

For players asking for assistance with Forge please expand the spoiler below and read the appropriate section(s) in its/their entirety.

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