Icefilms Downtime Causes Concern, But Site Will Return

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Without doubt the past seven days have shaken the file-sharing world to its core. Last Tuesday the Internet’s most famous file-sharing site, invincible according to many accounts, fell following a raid by Swedish police.

That kind of surprise can lead people to panic when other similar sites have downtime at the same time. For the past 24 hours concern has been growing over Icefilms, a movie and streaming portal with a strong online following.

Sometime yesterday morning, Icefilms disappeared offline. Visitors to the site reported various issues, from no page loading to redirections to another domain. Most, however, were confronted with the image shown below.

[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/icefilms.jpg[/img]

While much preferable to a law enforcement notice, the image itself has been causing concern among Icefilms users due to it being hosted on Amazon rather than the site’s own server.

But despite the worries a source familiar with the situation informs TF that there is nothing to be concerned about. Icefilms currently has hosting issues to overcome, hence placing the image on another server. The site itself should be back to its full glory within days.

Even when the Pirate Bay raid is disregarded, it’s easy to see why Icefilms users have been panicking. Firstly, the first few pages of Google are almost useless when it comes to getting information about the site. In fact, Icefilms itself is [url="https://www.google.com/search?q=icefilms"]completely absent[/url] from Google search results.

However, if one [url="http://www.bing.com/search?q=icefilms"]turns to Bing[/url] then results are restored to their former glory. In fact, Bing even provides a convenient Icefilms search engine as the first result.

[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/icesearch.png[/img]

Only adding to the confusion is Icefilms’ inclusion in a recent blocking order. Last month the UK High Court [url="http://torrentfreak.com/uk-piracy-blocklist-expands-with-demonoid-isohunt-iptorrents-and-more-141127/"]ordered[/url] ISPs to block 32 domains following an application by the Motion Picture Association. In recent weeks the leading service providers responded by blocking access to Icefilms.info.

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