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.
