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This is just a note to everybody browsing this forum: if somebody posts a .jar or .exe file and asks you to execute it, don't run it before a moderator has seen the thread. Report them immediately. Don't post in it, don't ask if it works, just report the thread for being an executable.
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Don't necrobump dead threads.
Locked.
Locked.
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Time to pull out my virtual machine of windows running on linux! I can test out these executable's.
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VM for the win
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ok then?
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Most of the people here have virus scans right
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I rarely use a "virus scanner". I never have "active" protection from virus.
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k
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If you download a .jar, simply open it with winrar or 7zip and see if the files are a Minecraft mod or not.
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Minecraft mods are just a bunch of Java read by Forge and Minecraft, so you could easily put a virus there. Java isn't the best language when it comes to viruses, but it could download something better suited for a virus and run it on your computer.
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Forge reads the files in the Mods folder, it doesn't run the file, as that would do nothing, it just gets the data from it.
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You ever used chickenbones mods? GO install CodeChickenCore. Run it, and then go look in your mods folder.
You'll notice you've now got a ChickenBonesLib too, which you've never seen before.
Lets pretend ChickenBonesLib has code to download other files just like how it was download itself. It navigates to MyAwesomeViruses.com, and downloads one of it's choice. Once downloaded, it automatically runs the file. Boom, you're infected.
(CBL is clean by the way, just a popular and well known example of a mod which is installed without you doing anything.)
You'll notice you've now got a ChickenBonesLib too, which you've never seen before.
Lets pretend ChickenBonesLib has code to download other files just like how it was download itself. It navigates to MyAwesomeViruses.com, and downloads one of it's choice. Once downloaded, it automatically runs the file. Boom, you're infected.
(CBL is clean by the way, just a popular and well known example of a mod which is installed without you doing anything.)
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(facepalm)
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U can hide a virus in a minecraft mod.
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Just broke out sweating thinking of all the projects I've downloaded...
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Before I run new files, I always use my antivirus software to scan them before running.
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That will work perfectly but anti-virus programs are always one step behind of the virus.
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Thanks for warning !
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Ya you dont want an RAT on your pc
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This is just sort of a given. Don't open unusual looking .jar files.
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hi lol funny
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how do you know that a moderator have seen the thread
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Maybe they post a comment or something..
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It was started by Paril himself...
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Good point Paril, but I must say most virus programs such as Norton Internet Security scan files before you can use them.
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Nice save! Pheww!
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Ok thanks for the info Paril, I can't run .exe files anyways. I will be sure to watch out for .jar and .exe's though
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ParilThis is just a note to everybody browsing this forum: if somebody posts a .jar or .exe file and asks you to execute it, don't run it before a moderator has seen the thread. Report them immediately. Don't post in it, don't ask if it works, just report the thread for being an executable.
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K got it.
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Does minecraft.jar and minecraft.exe count??? I know it has no viruses but for some reason my PC is picking up viruses from the stupidest of things like simply opening a file.
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They can be hidden
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Thanks for the announcement!
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were is the minecraft.jar file
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Go to %appdata%, open the .minecraft folder, go to versions, click on a version, and there it is.
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that one thread thats one year old but every body still posts on it
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yup
okay who bumped this dead thread?
okay who bumped this dead thread?
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Lol
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This post may be a year old but its still very important!!!
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^^
This.
This.
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This thread is about a year old...
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Says the one who joined less than a month ago.
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But it is a year old, look at the front page.
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I never denied it. The one who said that it's a year old implied by the ... that we should not be posting on old posts like this. He's 2 weeks old.
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ooh... kill em
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As a fellow Linux user (Mint 15 XFCE), you must remember:
- Programs that aren't known viruses but still affect your computer.
- Programs that known Windows viruses that can infect via WINE.
Linux, though much less prone to viruses, is not completely safe, as with all other OS's.
- Programs that aren't known viruses but still affect your computer.
- Programs that known Windows viruses that can infect via WINE.
Linux, though much less prone to viruses, is not completely safe, as with all other OS's.
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Thank you for being the first one here to have sense. Every person I see on this forum who has a Mac or a linux distro thinks they're invincible.
May I ask, have you ever tried this?
mincraftEDParilBatch files are less dangerous because they are plain text and readable by anybody, whereas executables are harder to decompile in some cases. Still, they count, as users can easily make a batch file to wipe hard drives.
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kinda of topic but .exe is still easy to code just change the .exe to .txt and then wullah your up and coding
May I ask, have you ever tried this?
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thanks for the warning
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ParilThis is just a note to everybody browsing this forum: if somebody posts a .jar or .exe file and asks you to execute it, don't run it before a moderator has seen the thread. Report them immediately. Don't post in it, don't ask if it works, just report the thread for being an executable.
Thanks,
-P
Now I feel like a total dickwad. =P
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One time I was stupid and found a link to a TNT mod on Youtube. I tried to download it, but Chrome wouldn't let me because it was a suspicious .EXE file. Thank goodness I didn't get it.
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thanks 4 the warning
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Duh..
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