Hi RebD here! (I'm having trouble logging back into my old account but that's another story).
Recently my computer contracted a virus, JAVA_BLACOLE.FH. And although my anti virus (Trend Micro Titanium) did manage to delete the virus I have been noticing some strange behaviour on my computer that suggests there may still be some malware on my pc.
Anyway, as I was backing up the files on my computer I wanted to keep, it struck me. If I have malware my av software can't detect, it might be possible that, that malware is 'hiding' in some of those files. Which isn't the end of the world, I can afford to lose/redownload most of the stuff on my pc (although redownloading my steam library will be a pain).
But if my minecraft save file has been infected with malware, that means even if I reformat my computer, loading my old save file could potentially reinfect my system.
Being a novice when it comes to programming, I'm not even sure if what I'm worried about is likely or even possible. So my question is this, is it possible for a minecraft save file to become infected with malware? And if it is, what is the likelyhood that it would be (considering the virus is related to an exploit in java)?
A side question for bonus points*, what exactly is JAVA_BLACOLE.FH? I was able to find out that the java_blacole family of malware is used to install a trojan but i couldn't find out much more and I couldn't find out anything on the .FH variety.
Thanks in advance to anyone able to shed any light on this for me.
*Bonus points are not redeemable for anything, anywhere at anytime
That is, in order to "infect" something, that file needs to be used to allow it's contents to be arbitrarily executed; For the NBT format and Level Save files of Minecraft, this is not the case. Word documents, in contrast, can be infected because they can contain macros that can themselves contain any possible VBA code, which can easily take control of a PC.
I guess a good analogy would be to consider biological viruses; they work by way of taking control of the DNA of the host cell(s) they've infected, in order to duplicate themselves. However, they still require something biological, just as a software virus requires something executable. the Common cold cannot infect a quarter anymore than a computer virus can infect a plain data file. And in this case, we're talking about a piece of malware that can only spread through Java Programs, which is akin to viruses that can only infect one species.
If you are still suspicious you can always use something like MBAM and see if it finds anything.
Recently my computer contracted a virus, JAVA_BLACOLE.FH. And although my anti virus (Trend Micro Titanium) did manage to delete the virus I have been noticing some strange behaviour on my computer that suggests there may still be some malware on my pc.
Anyway, as I was backing up the files on my computer I wanted to keep, it struck me. If I have malware my av software can't detect, it might be possible that, that malware is 'hiding' in some of those files. Which isn't the end of the world, I can afford to lose/redownload most of the stuff on my pc (although redownloading my steam library will be a pain).
But if my minecraft save file has been infected with malware, that means even if I reformat my computer, loading my old save file could potentially reinfect my system.
Being a novice when it comes to programming, I'm not even sure if what I'm worried about is likely or even possible. So my question is this, is it possible for a minecraft save file to become infected with malware? And if it is, what is the likelyhood that it would be (considering the virus is related to an exploit in java)?
A side question for bonus points*, what exactly is JAVA_BLACOLE.FH? I was able to find out that the java_blacole family of malware is used to install a trojan but i couldn't find out much more and I couldn't find out anything on the .FH variety.
Thanks in advance to anyone able to shed any light on this for me.
*Bonus points are not redeemable for anything, anywhere at anytime
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Curse PremiumThat is, in order to "infect" something, that file needs to be used to allow it's contents to be arbitrarily executed; For the NBT format and Level Save files of Minecraft, this is not the case. Word documents, in contrast, can be infected because they can contain macros that can themselves contain any possible VBA code, which can easily take control of a PC.
I guess a good analogy would be to consider biological viruses; they work by way of taking control of the DNA of the host cell(s) they've infected, in order to duplicate themselves. However, they still require something biological, just as a software virus requires something executable. the Common cold cannot infect a quarter anymore than a computer virus can infect a plain data file. And in this case, we're talking about a piece of malware that can only spread through Java Programs, which is akin to viruses that can only infect one species.
If you are still suspicious you can always use something like MBAM and see if it finds anything.
Thanks for the reply BC, I appreciate it.
Well it's good to know that if i do decide to reformat, that I can load my minecraft save file, I have been working on it for some time now.