


Additionally, even if you found the code within the file and chose to run it, your antivirus software should detect and block the attempt. Using and not using add-ons such as Optifine. Changing my skin multiple times in my profile on. Here is what I have tried, in which none of these attempts worked: Uninstalling and reinstalling Minecraft. While your antivirus software might detect this code and alert you to its presence, the code would not be able to run by itself. I can view my skin when I log into, but not in-game or in the launcher. However, this code would not be run or read by the game itself. This meant that PNG files could be created containing code in this inert part of the skin file. PNG files can contain things other than an image, such as metadata, which includes information on what tool created it, when it was made, who made it, etc. This is now resolved, but we wanted to explain what happened and the measures we’ve put in place to protect our community.Īny Minecraft: Java Edition player can upload their own custom skin in the widely-used PNG file format to our webservice at and this will then appear on their character in-game. Yesterday, you may have read a few stories from other sites about an issue with downloaded Minecraft: Java Edition skins, with concerns that this could lead to viruses on your PC.
