When you download the skins you will be downloading image files since that's essentially what the skins are, simple pictures that will alter the look of your protagonist. You can navigate these sites to find designs that you like and they're all free. "To further protect our players, however, we deployed an update that strips out all the information from uploaded skin files other than the actual image data itself," Mojang said.Minecraft Skins is a good resource, as is the Skindex. Nevertheless, Mojang is erring on the side of caution. It seems Avast overstated the issue, given that Minecraft wouldn't actually execute any malware contained in its skins. Minecraft's developers provided some further insight in a blog post today, saying that even though the PNG files could contain additional code, and by extension Minecraft's skins, " the code would not be run or read by the game itself" (bolded for emphasis by Mojang). We encourage players to report any suspicious activity to ." "We have addressed this issue and put additional measures in place to protect our community.
The good news is Mojang is aware of the issue and is working on fixing the vulnerability that makes this particular malware possible.Ī spokesperson for Microsoft provided us with the following statement via email: Still, the fact that Minecraft is hosting malicious skins is concerning. Obviously this is a self-serving warning on the part of Avast, which offers both free and paid antivirus solutions. Infected systems might also see a trolling messages, such as "You Are Nailed, Buy A New Computer This Is A Piece Of Shit" or "Your ass got glued."
The ones that are may tip themselves through one of several symptoms, including reduced system performance caused by a tourstart.exe loop or an error message related to disk formatting. If you've downloaded one, you should run an antivirus scan right away. The image at the top of this article shows three examples of Minecraft skins that are infected with malicious code.
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