Hey guys, first time poster here. I've been a long-time Xbox Minecraft player and just downloaded the game on my Mac Desktop (Mac OSX 10.11.6) to play with some friends. One immediate issue I'm having is that my Avast antivirus believes that there is malware associated with the game's java. I downloaded the game from the official minecraft.net website, so I'm thinking this must be a false positive. I also found a similar issue with a false positive back in 2013; however, I wanted to go ahead and post my issue because I'm seeing a different message (Attached as a screenshot). I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this issue or can offer some suggestions to resolve it. I'm thinking that I'll need to just add an exception for Minecraft into Avast, but I wanted to make sure there's nothing sketchy before I do that.
Hey guys, first time poster here. I've been a long-time Xbox Minecraft player and just downloaded the game on my Mac Desktop (Mac OSX 10.11.6) to play with some friends. One immediate issue I'm having is that my Avast antivirus believes that there is malware associated with the game's java. I downloaded the game from the official minecraft.net website, so I'm thinking this must be a false positive. I also found a similar issue with a false positive back in 2013; however, I wanted to go ahead and post my issue because I'm seeing a different message (Attached as a screenshot). I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this issue or can offer some suggestions to resolve it. I'm thinking that I'll need to just add an exception for Minecraft into Avast, but I wanted to make sure there's nothing sketchy before I do that.
Any support is greatly appreciated, thanks!
Report it as a false positive to avast
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