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This is highly annoying/intentional timing as Minecraft 1.20 just got released but now it is tainted with fears of viruses and extra steps to mitigate. For a fr

This is highly annoying/intentional timing as Minecraft 1.20 just got released but now it is tainted with fears of viruses and extra steps to mitigate. For a friend who streams minecraft content and relies on the income this is a big setback and extra-risky for them if their account secrets are stolen.

aetherspawn 3y ago
You could play the game/mods on a burner PC or in a VM and do everything else, such as access your accounts, from a different computer. Also would be surprised if a commercial AV like Bitdefender doesn’t pick this malware up.
- BGINBarbarian 3y ago
  There are scripts written by mod devs, and curseforge (the platform where mods are updated) to detect it, so that's useful.
dmonitor 3y ago
Just play vanilla for now, I guess I thought it took a hot minute to get mods updated anyway
- BGINBarbarian 3y ago
  Many smaller mods updated quickly. This is a) because this is not a very large update, and b) because Minecraft has pre releases and release candidates which are practically the same as the final release, so the mod can be updated before the final release of the version. Also, many mods are necessary for performance reasons, due to vanilla's performance being questionable at times.
- George83728 3y ago
  A lot of people use accessibility mods that suck to go without. Not having ItemScroller causes me physical pain after just a few minutes of clicking around in chests. I'm just going to stick with 1.19 and the mods I downloaded several months ago until this matter is sorted out.
mr_00ff00 3y ago
Maybe this is a dumb suggest, but what about using a VM or second computer? I’m not a malware expert by any means, but I am pretty sure VMs are extremely hard for malware to escape when it isn’t expecting it. And VMs take almost no technical skill to set up nowadays.
- SamuelAdams 3y ago
  Windows 10 has built in sandboxing now, might be worth checking out. I’m not sure if it’s available on Home and Pro editions though. Data does not persist though, so maybe create a setup script to install mods combined with cloud syncing for saving game state. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/applicati...
- squeaky-clean 3y ago
  It's been years since I've done it so maybe it's much better now, but getting games to run properly in a VM was a huge hassle for me. In the best cases 3d acceleration was slow, often it just wouldn't work at all.
  - mr_00ff00 3y ago
    ehh I didn’t think of that. Still though, isn’t Minecraft streaming mostly single player? I assumed latency is the big concern with VMs. Although I also have very little gaming experience, I can imagine for very good players even slight delays are widely noticeable. but btw Minecraft is Java, right? So technically it’s on a VM anyway lol. (I know, not really the same, making a joke)
  - circuit10 3y ago
    It’s not better now, unless you can do GPU passthrough
- gibspaulding 3y ago
  A second computer is actually a pretty typical setup for streaming. One PC actually runs the game, and a capture card sends the audio/video output to a second PC that runs your streaming software. Either way though, no matter how you sandbox Minecraft, at least your Minecraft account is going to be vulnerable.

aetherspawn 3y ago

You could play the game/mods on a burner PC or in a VM and do everything else, such as access your accounts, from a different computer. Also would be surprised if a commercial AV like Bitdefender doesn’t pick this malware up.

BGINBarbarian 3y ago
There are scripts written by mod devs, and curseforge (the platform where mods are updated) to detect it, so that's useful.

dmonitor 3y ago

Just play vanilla for now, I guess I thought it took a hot minute to get mods updated anyway

BGINBarbarian 3y ago
Many smaller mods updated quickly. This is a) because this is not a very large update, and b) because Minecraft has pre releases and release candidates which are practically the same as the final release, so the mod can be updated before the final release of the version. Also, many mods are necessary for performance reasons, due to vanilla's performance being questionable at times.
George83728 3y ago
A lot of people use accessibility mods that suck to go without. Not having ItemScroller causes me physical pain after just a few minutes of clicking around in chests. I'm just going to stick with 1.19 and the mods I downloaded several months ago until this matter is sorted out.

mr_00ff00 3y ago

Maybe this is a dumb suggest, but what about using a VM or second computer? I’m not a malware expert by any means, but I am pretty sure VMs are extremely hard for malware to escape when it isn’t expecting it. And VMs take almost no technical skill to set up nowadays.

SamuelAdams 3y ago
Windows 10 has built in sandboxing now, might be worth checking out. I’m not sure if it’s available on Home and Pro editions though. Data does not persist though, so maybe create a setup script to install mods combined with cloud syncing for saving game state. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/applicati...
squeaky-clean 3y ago
It's been years since I've done it so maybe it's much better now, but getting games to run properly in a VM was a huge hassle for me. In the best cases 3d acceleration was slow, often it just wouldn't work at all.
- mr_00ff00 3y ago
  ehh I didn’t think of that. Still though, isn’t Minecraft streaming mostly single player? I assumed latency is the big concern with VMs. Although I also have very little gaming experience, I can imagine for very good players even slight delays are widely noticeable. but btw Minecraft is Java, right? So technically it’s on a VM anyway lol. (I know, not really the same, making a joke)
- circuit10 3y ago
  It’s not better now, unless you can do GPU passthrough
gibspaulding 3y ago
A second computer is actually a pretty typical setup for streaming. One PC actually runs the game, and a capture card sends the audio/video output to a second PC that runs your streaming software. Either way though, no matter how you sandbox Minecraft, at least your Minecraft account is going to be vulnerable.