Your Minecraft may be infected with a virus. [CRITICAL]
Your Minecraft may be infected with a virus. [CRITICAL]
Reddit announcement: https://redd.it/1436ufs
Realtime updates: https://github.com/fractureiser-investigation/fractureiser/blob/main/docs/timeline.md
Guide and flowchart: https://github.com/fractureiser-investigation/fractureiser/blob/main/docs/users.md
Detection tool + confirmed infected mods: https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000228509-june-2023-infected-mods-detection-tool/
I downloaded it like 4-5 months ago, should I worry about the virus?
The earliest incident was an infected plugin (on Curse) reported late April 2023, so probably not. I would still check.
@Phoenix SC Thanks!
@Phoenix SCquick question : i have Microsoft edge but its not a file its the actual thing, am i safe?
@Phoenix SC asking us to get checked, uwu
@Phoenix SC good thing I’m a Xbox player
Good that the community went nuts over this real quick
Bad that even the checkers might have infected versions in the internet
Does Better MC Fabric have any virus?
I’m so proud of the modding community.
@Computment now it’s not recommended to download ANY mods and packs
@Phoenix SC it gave us the Jenny mod and thus so am i.
Why do you need a checker, just manually check if the files exist
Thanks for posting this here as well, the more people that share it the better as it’s obviously not going to be heard by everyone if it’s posted in just the more “hardcore” modding communities!
I feel bad for anyone who got it
@Glitch I installed better minecraft recently and checked and i didn’t have it thank god but recently I couldn’t even play better minecraft because error code 1
@Ryan O’Rourke it means outdated mods
As someone who hasn’t ever played with mods and plays on a console, I’m glad I’m safe. But I hope this gets taken care of fast.
Yeah imagine getting a virus by downloading mods
Laughs in console pain
Not able to get mods on Minecraft gang, wOo!
:’)
I’m a big modded fan, almost had the virus spread before my friend told me and I ran a virus scan and deleted the virus when I found it
no mods moment
Phoenix may make cursed content, but the fact that he also makes serious content like this and warns others about a virus is why I enjoy his videos.
Couldn’t have said it better ^^/❤️
If a virus makes everyone to stay inside the house, I’m okay with it. But if a virus makes everyone not to play Minecraft, I’m against that at all costs.
Why is the top comment down here?
funny pun
yeah
Well, if I remember right, the first one makes your lungs do alt + F4, but is not making you stay inside your house.
Note: this msg only applies to the modded community. The entire malware is hidden inside Minecraft mods not Minecraft itself. The first sighting of this malware was in April, so anything downloaded before that should be safe. If you suspect you are infected follow the given flow chart and don’t open recently downloaded mods. Past that, happy mining and crafting, stay safe, and have a good time with 1.20
Good job covering this. Its amazing how quick the community was to make virus scanners for it. Props to the contributers!
They are legends 👑
please where are the scanners
I desperately need it
Fractureiser might be on my PC
@WaspDreams there’s a link in the description
he’s a day late
Hey didnt expect you here
Good job informing people about this as quickly as possible, i’m surprised Mojang haven’t issued any warnings about this, since it’s such an important topic.
Mojang are probably working internally on this and also there isn’t a point as most people know about this at this point and having them post about it will only create panic and chaos
@Interstormer78 They can’t “work internally” on this, it has nothing to do with Mojang other than by relation to Minecraft. CurseForge and Bukkit’s plugin site are both infected, the former being a mod distribution site, and the latter being a Bukkit plugin distribution site. Neither of which have anything to do with Mojang.
CurseForge says that they fixed the problem, (I wouldn’t trust them on that, though) and I haven’t heard anything from Bukkit so far.
Mojang is too busy ruining the game
They specifically updated their launcher to say that modded versions of minecraft are unsafe for this reason. By doing so, they remove any and all responsibility regarding malware in modded versions of the game.
While people who are actually at risk definitely need to check, I’d like to dispel some of the unnecessary fear I’ve seen around:
First off, this only spreads through jar files, and its very new. If you haven’t downloaded any jar files after late april, you have no reason for concern. Certain platforms such as modrinth are also confirmed as having no infected files. This also means that ONLY jar files are affected, launchers themselves are safe unless they’re written in java themselves (i saw some people who thought the technic launcher exe was infected, but thats simply impossible with this). What it does is it spreads to other jar files on your system, as long as you were never infected in the first place it’s still safe to play vanilla and modded
Of course at the end of the day it doesnt hurt to check, but I’m seeing a lot of people getting super stressed about it when they’re not even at risk
Yeah I think Phoenix SC should’ve specified this in the video
Is it on optifine by any chance as i have downloaded it in the past week
@Interstormer78 No, not to my knowledge, but you should check for the directory anyways, it doesn’t hurt anything.
I downloaded a modpack on the curse forge app is that safe?
@Andre Amaral Which modpack btw?
And also there is a high chance that it is infected so i recommend scanning and removing any sensitive info on your computer