I just tried to start Minecraft today, and I got an hourglass icon for about 30 seconds. Then I got a notification from Trend Micro program that both the Minecraft.Exe file and the shortcut icon (I've had one on my desktop since the changeover to the new launcher) were both removed because they were malware.
Specifically, the threat is described/named as:
TROJ_GEN.R047C0FH213
The best I can tell, there was some new trojan definition file released today, which included this trojan name.
Now that my EXE file is gone, what do I do now to play Minecraft? And how do I prevent this from happening again?
Do you think my EXE file was altered by a virus? Or is this a mistake?
When one downloads a SAFE game, sometimes an antivirus software will give a false positive when scanning the game, and acts as judge and jury for you and have the .EXE executed.
Sometimes you can list the game as an exception in the antivirus program; other times you will need to go to the antivirus website and tell them your game is not a virus/trojan to get them to lift the restriction.
Long story short, if you don't have this kind of basic control over what files you can have on your computer, your antivirus is being insolent and deserves to be replaced with something more reliable.
The developer shouldn't have to review anything, as there is likely nothing they can do about it.
Searching the database of virus definitions turns up no information about said trojan.
The only information on Google pertains to Minecraft and Minecraft in Japan.
So my guess is that it's either a false positive as stated or it comes from a mod that is common to those effected.
Often times people will install mods and not have any concern for being hacked because they think that Minecraft doesn't have anything on it they could steal, which is generally true but the machine it's being played on will often times have personal information on it that could be used to steal things, such as but not limited to your identity.
My only and best advice would be for any effected user to download and run the free version of Malwarebytes.
Scan your machine and remove all threats it finds, because as they say on their site.....
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no legitmate game file would call for that naming scheme
What naming scheme, putting .EXE after it? If you mean "TROJ_GEN.R047C0FH213", that's Trend Micro's name for the threat, which Minecraft (or even an actual virus/trojan) would have not named one of their files.
Trend Micro is a great antivirus program; it's just not well known outside of the eastern hemisphere.
Even a great antivirus program will generate false positives on occasion. That's because they all give caution a greater priority than preserving one's files. Or, to put it another way, they will destroy a village to save a country.
I too had trend micro delete my minecraft.exe a few days ago, its a bit worrysome but after reading several threads Im pretty sure its a false positive.
I can say that this is not a false positive as it also affected my System Restore points. I was able to remove the virus completely using the free version of MalWareBytes. After I did this, TrendNet did not find the virus again.
So Im not the only one this happening to, I thought I was going Crazy. I noticed it said "TROJ_GEN.F0C2C0KH713" I really wanted to play this morning and It gives you the option to restore it but I am a little afraid, I know Minecraft.exe is a perfectly safe file, why would this happen?
Hi, I had this exact issue the other day. I too freaked out; because it had worked fine before! I also have TrendMicro.
However someone had suggested to dl it from lennix, I did and my game works just fine now. I no longer have the minecraft icon, but I do have the launcher and can now play without any issues. Maybe try this and you can get your game back up and running again.
Specifically, the threat is described/named as:
TROJ_GEN.R047C0FH213
The best I can tell, there was some new trojan definition file released today, which included this trojan name.
Now that my EXE file is gone, what do I do now to play Minecraft? And how do I prevent this from happening again?
Do you think my EXE file was altered by a virus? Or is this a mistake?
In a bit of a panic,
Dennis
Sometimes you can list the game as an exception in the antivirus program; other times you will need to go to the antivirus website and tell them your game is not a virus/trojan to get them to lift the restriction.
Long story short, if you don't have this kind of basic control over what files you can have on your computer, your antivirus is being insolent and deserves to be replaced with something more reliable.
Cubic Chunks mod: https://discord.gg/kMfWg9m
Mental Block server: https://discord.gg/AssnrXr
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1923030-minecraft-deletedvirus-found/
you are amounst micro tren friends just not happy ones
The developer shouldn't have to review anything, as there is likely nothing they can do about it.
Searching the database of virus definitions turns up no information about said trojan.
The only information on Google pertains to Minecraft and Minecraft in Japan.
So my guess is that it's either a false positive as stated or it comes from a mod that is common to those effected.
Often times people will install mods and not have any concern for being hacked because they think that Minecraft doesn't have anything on it they could steal, which is generally true but the machine it's being played on will often times have personal information on it that could be used to steal things, such as but not limited to your identity.
My only and best advice would be for any effected user to download and run the free version of Malwarebytes.
Scan your machine and remove all threats it finds, because as they say on their site.....
Sometimes your anti-virus isn't enough .... http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Even a great antivirus program will generate false positives on occasion. That's because they all give caution a greater priority than preserving one's files. Or, to put it another way, they will destroy a village to save a country.
Cubic Chunks mod: https://discord.gg/kMfWg9m
Mental Block server: https://discord.gg/AssnrXr
You should be able to ignore those, or you can try the jar version of the launcher, which to my understanding does not have the issue.
a perfectly safe file, why would this happen?
However someone had suggested to dl it from lennix, I did and my game works just fine now. I no longer have the minecraft icon, but I do have the launcher and can now play without any issues. Maybe try this and you can get your game back up and running again.
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