Does forge have any viruses/trojans?

[BeeGameZz]

I check forge on virus total and it detected a Trojan, should I be concerned?

[DaemonUmbra]

Everything Forge is Open Source on GitHub, you can literally see what you're downloading there.

 

No there are no viruses or trojans in Forge, many virus detectors like to flag executable files made by people who haven't paid to be whitelisted by the anti-virus maker

[MenschenToaster | David]

  On 7/29/2020 at 12:38 AM, DaemonUmbra said:

who haven't paid to be whitelisted by the anti-virus maker

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Is that really a thing? I think it mostly depends on Signatures or its blocking Jar Files in general.

 

If this was a real thing 60% of the Software would be blocked. And that isn't happening.

 

  On 7/28/2020 at 11:46 PM, BeeGameZz said:

I check forge on virus total and it detected a Trojan, should I be concerned?

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Try a Minecraft Jar or a Library in your Minecraft Libraries Folder. It should appear with at least one.

 

Anti viruses is not always correct.

[MenschenToaster | David]

  On 7/28/2020 at 11:46 PM, BeeGameZz said:

should I be concerned

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Everything should be fine if you download your mods from: https://files.minecraftforge.net/

 

Just make sure you trust your installed mods.