Safe
Widely distributed Minecraft Forge installer with zero engine detections and clean sandbox behaviour.
1912760b4cb6b803d8…78f65278e3The reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
The file is a common_old JAR installer with 4477 submissions from 3141 sources. All 74 engines returned clean or undetected results, including 16 tier-1 engines. Sandbox execution produced only ambient techniques and no malicious verdict. The single heuristic on direct-IP contacts is outweighed by the absence of any tier-1 or sandbox malicious signals and the file's established distribution history.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
engines.tier1ReportedClean=16 with tier1Malicious=0
prevalence.classification=common_old (3141 sources, 4477 submissions)
filenameAnalysis.hasInstallerHint=true and fileName=forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar
behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false and droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false
triggeredHeuristics[0].rule=MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 but no corroborating malicious signals
- 16 tier-1 engines reported clean
- common_old prevalence with 4477 submissions
- No malicious sandbox verdict or dropped children
- Unsigned JAR
- Direct-IP contacts without DNS resolution
Treat as safe for Minecraft modding use when obtained from the official Forge distribution channel.
What to do now
This file looks safe based on everything we checked.
This file is safe to use.
Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 172.67.161.211
- 13.107.213.38
- 13.107.246.38
- 104.21.58.163
- 169.254.169.254
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_<USER>\4076
- C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\3903daac9bc4a3b7.timestamp
- C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\runtime.jar.log
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio6190451136625002279.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\17dfc292991c8786.timestamp
- C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user\6484
- C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio7962585246728009901.tmp
- /tmp/imageio5034299848611340951.tmp
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 9 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- f997106628743b5a73b6…61b12bNever scannednever seen before
- eb5873b2bded079ae19d…5c85e0Never scannednever seen before
- 215a1870b03c8c63d096…1abbf7Never scannednever seen before
- bcaf183a880f4623f50b…1872eeNever scannednever seen before
- d87c5f3cdfb5b7c0510e…1ade9eNever scannednever seen before
- 76cd7297ce5e2f323378…28fc54Never scannednever seen before
- ea6654ea565d676dd2a6…2ae9f7Never scannednever seen before
- 183dc9c7079d179396ab…c54d83Never scannednever seen before
- 44a3bab2c338e3bca24c…d3b9e7Never scannednever seen before
YARA & heuristic rule matches
One or more medium-severity heuristic rules matched. Not definitive, but the patterns match known malware behaviour.
Sample contacted 4 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.
Evidence172.67.161.211 · 13.107.213.38 · 13.107.246.38
0 detections across 74 engines
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar
- Size
- 5.80 MB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- JAR
- SHA-256
- 1912760b4cb6b803d8a826de603c9076b1da71ec2765e9a1f8c1ca78f65278e3
- MD5
- 406a49ed803ce46d4cba836c4caac9d5
- SHA-1
- 66bfea9963bfa60d88bab6b2750e74a958392715
- First seen (VT)
- 10/9/2025, 9:17:18 PM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 7/19/2026, 12:12:27 AM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 9:11:46 AM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 9:11:46 AM
Safety FAQ
Common questions about forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar, answered from the scan data above.
- forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar appears safe. 74 of 74 antivirus engines report it clean. As a habit, only run files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
- forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar is a software installer, about 5.8 MB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
- None — all 74 antivirus engines we queried report forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
- The SHA-256 hash of forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar is 1912760b4cb6b803d8a826de603c9076b1da71ec2765e9a1f8c1ca78f65278e3, and its MD5 is 406a49ed803ce46d4cba836c4caac9d5. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- Based on this scan, yes — forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar shows no threat indicators. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
- This report reflects the scan run on July 19, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of forge-1.20.1-47.4.10-installer.jar is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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