Sean Thomas Jones

Have you or your child ever wanted to add a cool game mod but worried about downloading a virus? When my daughter started playing Minecraft, she wanted to add mods to make the game more fun. Mods can change how the game looks, add new features, or make it run better. Some mods are official and come from Minecraft, but others are made by different players or companies. I noticed that a lot of the unofficial mods we found were dangerous. Some had malicious software called "information stealers." These programs try to take important things like usernames, passwords, credit card information, and even cryptocurrency. Hackers can sell or give away this stolen data on the internet. To stay safe, I had my daughter use a tool called VirusTotal before installing any mods. VirusTotal lets you upload files to its website, where many antivirus programs check to see if the files are safe. Sometimes, files that got past our browser’s security or our computer's antivirus were caught by V...