Malware content has been spread presumably through a data breach. It is recommended that the passwords of infected computers be changed as soon as possible.
There is no malware in the console or mobile versions of the game. Pavlo Gonchar
Malware has been detected in the additional content of the hugely popular Minecraft game. These are spread in the additional content made for the Windows and Linux versions of the game, of which there are more than twenty.
Minecraft addons next According to Prism Launcher malware has appeared in projects published by CurseForge and Bukkit.
Additional content infected with malware has been spreading since April. The publishers have currently removed those contents.
According to Yle the malware has spread to add-ons presumably through a data breach. With the help of malware, its administrator can, for example, steal user credentials from the device.
Contaminated add-ons
There is no malware in the console version of the game. Prism Launcer recommends that all passwords on infected machines be changed as soon as possible and that infected files be processed with security software.
The following add-ons have contained malware:
Content published by CurseForge:
- Dungeons Arise
- Sky Villages
- Better MC modpack series
- Dungeonz
- Skyblock Core
- Vault Integrations
- AutoBroadcast
- Museum Curator Advanced
- Vault Integrations Bug fix
- Create Infernal Expansion Plus (Removed by publisher)
Additional contents of Bukkit:
- Display Entity Editor
- Haven Elytra
- The Nexus Event Custom Entity Editor
- Simple Harvesting
- MCBounties
- Easy Custom Foods
- Anti Command Spam Bungeecord Support
- Ultimate Leveling
- Anti Redstone Crash
- Hydration
- Fragment Permission Plugin
- Well VPNS
- Ultimate Titles Animations Gradient RGB
- Floating Damage
More detailed instructions for working with malware can be found in English From Prism Launcher’s website.