Worried i have a virus from bedrock edition after update.

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Alright, heres why i am concerned: 1: i launched minecraft bedrock from the launcher, and everything about the startup looked different. The window title was "Minecraft.Windows.exe" instead of just "Minecraft for Windows."

The icon for the window was just the default windows icon for executable files instead of a grass block. Then it switched to the normal start window for bedrock edition (the red background with mojang on it). However, this one had a spinny wheel thingy (the same one you get when powering off your PC) in the right-bottom corner. Text next to it said launching game with a seconds counter, as well as "this may take a while depending on the game and your PC."

2: it wanted to install a microsoft dependency package, which i allowed it to because the publisher was verified as microsoft.

3: a UAC window popped up and said that an executeable (i think it was something like minecraft.exe) wanted access to additional network privilages. That'd be fine normally, but it said it was from an unknown publisher.

4: the game ran like hot garbage - and it was taking up 8 whole gigabytes of RAM. Turning off vibrant visuals did not help and seemed to INCREASE the RAM usage to 10 gigabytes.

I'm confused and worried that my bedrock edition has a virus somehow, even tho i didn't download anything besides the new update (but that was downloaded automatically when launching bedrock) (yes i did back up my worlds before even starting the launcher)

Sorry for the rambling and probably incoherent post.

Posted Nov 1, 2025, 8:04 PM UTC

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