Miniclip
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| URL |
http://www.miniclip.com/ |
| Commercial? |
Yes |
| Type of site |
Internet games |
| Registration |
Free |
| Owner |
Miniclip |
| Created by |
Miniclip |
Miniclip is a privately held London based company incorporated in 2001 which operates an entertainment and games website, "Miniclip.com". Miniclip develops and publishes online games. The Miniclip.com site offers browser-based games and entertainment related services. The site was first launched in 2000. Miniclip offers content in English, French, Spanish and German. Most games are authored in Macromedia Flash or Shockwave. A few are written in Java (such as RuneScape, an affiliate of Miniclip). A majority of the games are free, and some are available for download. It is the world's largest online games website, with 30 million unique users per month according to Comscore Media Metrix, March 2006. It is also the largest privately held entertainment website on the Internet. Its popularity originally arose from a game called Dancing Bush.
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Contents
- 1 Site Features
- 2 Games Categories
- 3 Games
- 4 Webby People's Voice Awards for Best Games Website 2005 & 2006
- 5 Cartoon Video Channel
- 6 Ecards Channel
- 7 Hostile code in older version of Miniclip game loader
- 8 Forums
- 9 References
- 10 External links
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Site Features
Miniclip offers many types of games, cartoons and Ecards in an easy to use interface.
- Single player online games which can easily be played in a browser in which users can post their high scores with daily, weekly and monthly rankings.
- Users can play Multiplayer games directly in a browser. They can play with and against millions of users in a variety of games such as fantasy, adventure, educational and sports. Users can play these multiplayer games for free and in some they can upgrade to premium levels by paying subscription fees.
- There are free downloadable games and ones for sale in the store.
- Miniclip offers a free games room with auto-updating games for users to add to their blogs or websites for free. Users can add free game icons to their blogs and websites. Users can add free games to their sites as well. They can easily send links to their friends to invite them to play games. Users have an area to bookmark their favorite games and keep a record of their latest played games.
Games Categories
Miniclip games are currently organized into the following categories:
- Action Games
- Multiplayer Games
- Sport Games
- Shoot 'Em Up Games
- 3D
- 5 Minute (In a hurry)
- Action
- Cash
- Dancing & Shows
- E-Rated (Everyone)
- Learning
- Motorsports
- Platform
- Political
- Puzzle
- Retro
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Soccer World Cup
- Top 100
Games
Miniclip games include RuneScape, Save the Sherrif, Club Penguin, RobotRage, Police Chopper, 3 Foot Ninja, Acno's Energizer, Alex in Danger, Alien Abduction, Alien Attack, All Out, Alphattack, Anagrammatic, Aqua Energizer, Heli Attack 2, Heli Attack 3, Family Feud, Puzzle Pirates, On the Run, Table Tennis, MotherLoad, Sudoku, Gun Run, Bug on a Wire, Eggrun, Bush Shoot-Out, Monster Trucks and many more. Some games are available in their entirety on the site, whilst others have the option of downloading full versions at a price.
Webby People's Voice Awards for Best Games Website 2005 & 2006
Miniclip has won the Webby's Peoples Voice Award for the best Games website on the Internet in the years 2005[1] and 2006.[2] The "Webby People's Voice Awards" are determined by an online poll open to everyone with Internet access.
Cartoon Video Channel
Famous cartoons from Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera and others including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester and Tweety Bird, Porky Pig, the Road Runner, Yogi Bear and many more are available for free on Miniclip.com.
Ecards Channel
Original Miniclip Ecards (greeting cards) can be sent in a variety of categories.
Hostile code in older version of Miniclip game loader
Several security firms reported in 2005 that some Miniclip users had installed a DLL "miniclipgameloader.dll" which contains the hostile code identified as "Trojan DownLoader 3069".[3][4] Removal tools are available. Reports in 2006 from the same security vendors show the same file as not containing hostile code.[5][6] In 2006, the security firm Sunbelt Software reported that Miniclip installed "high risk" malware called "Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader".[7]
On September 1, 2006, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an advisory concerning Miniclip.[8]. "The Retro64 / Miniclip CR64Loader ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. ... Although the ActiveX control is no longer in use by either retro64.com or miniclip.com, any system that has used certain pages of these web sites in the past may be vulnerable." None of these reports showed any hostile activity.
Forums
Alongside the games shown on the site, Miniclip also has a message board with designated forums for most of the games, and general discussion forums for topics such as sports, movies, jokes, and the recently added art forum. Administrators are normally employees of the Miniclip company.
References
- ^ Webby Awards 2005
- ^ Webby Awards 2006
- ^ CastleCops 2005 security advisory
- ^ Prevx 2005 security advisory
- ^ CastleCops 2006 security advisory
- ^ PrevX 2006 security advisory
- ^ Sunbelt Software "Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader" report.
- ^ US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#649289
External links
- Miniclip
- Corporate information from Companies House, UK
