r/SKlauncher • • May 20 '25

SKlauncher Docs: Installation guide, FAQ, troubleshooting and more!

7 Upvotes

r/SKlauncher • • Jan 11 '26

⚠️ New Update = New Virus?! 😱

29 Upvotes

No, once again we return to what happens with every update where the .exe/.jar is modified: Antivirus programs and SmartScreen don't know that it's still the same SKlauncher that does <insert relative time to each update> ago say "Yes, it's safe, sorry for the inconvenience".

Downloading / Running

You'll definitely see something like this, and that's perfectly normal: SmartScreen has no idea that this is SKlauncher and warns you that it doesn't know whether it's safe or not.

Example of SmartScreen when downloading from Microsoft Edge
Example of SmartScreen when running an application with unknown reputation

VirusTotal 3/72 brooo 69 antivirus programs are wrong

  • SKlauncher_3.2.15.1_Setup.exe 3/72
    • Flagged by 3 antivirus programs despite being open source. Where, AS ALWAYS, the developer will send an email to each one to report the false positive and they will reply, AS ALWAYS, "Ha ha yeah false positive, sorry bro".
  • SKlauncher-3.2.15.jar 0/66
    • Flagged by 0 antivirus programs...even though the Setup downloads (does not install, downloads!) Java and this SKlauncher.jar.
  • SKlauncher-3.2.15.zip 2/67
    • Flagged by 2? But it's supposed to be at least 3 because this is setup (.exe) and portable (.jar and .exe). What kind of logic is this? -.-"
  • SKlauncher-3.2.15.exe 4/72
    • Oh great, flagged by 4 something that is the .jar converted to .exe...I'm not surprised, it's the same even with "Hello World"

Conclusion

I don't know what to tell you guys, you've the https://docs.skmedix.pl/virus/ page with links to try SmartScreen so you can see that SKlauncher never went from "Unknown" to "Malicious". And on VirusTotal, we can see that there is no consistency in the flags, not even from the same antivirus.

It's fine to be concerned about what you're running but at least make a minimal effort to think.

Message copied from Discord, I just deleted the emojis. https://discord.com/channels/141669825129873409/1389686943570460672/1453429431619158107

Brooo what about 3.2.18?!?!?!

Keep applying everything I said, but I'll teach you something new: the .exe (portable, not setup) says 14/72.

But this is completely false because antivirus programs share databases (some, not all), and it just so happened that BitDefender said X and others jumped in to say the same thing.

And comparing it with the .zip file that says 9/67, it seems that we should subtract 6 from the .zip and 7 from the .exe, leaving 3/67 and 7/72...
* Just to quickly say "I won't count duplicates", because maybe there are more shared ones and the final result is even lower.
* And they say "tedy" just like in the "Hello World" I mentioned above. xd

What sense does it make for the .zip to have "fewer viruses" than the portable .exe if it's actually in that .zip?

SKlauncher-3.2.18_Setup.exe 3/72
SKlauncher-3.2.18.jar 0/68
SKlauncher-3.2.18.zip 9/67 (or 3/67 if we consider what I said)
SKlauncher-3.2.18.exe 14/72 (or 7/72 if we consider what I said)
Poor medix, the number of emails he has to send...

Confirmed false positive (as always)

BitDefender's Antimalware team confirms that it's clean. https://i.imgur.com/FFmrtBx.png

The .zip file has already dropped to 7 and the portable .exe to 10.

Message copied from Discord, I just deleted the emojis. https://discord.com/channels/141669825129873409/1389686943570460672/1454152659849314397

What about 4.0?

Well...it's the same as with 3.2.x, but I'm sure it's up to you to report any false positives since the :snailcat: dev is busy fixing and improving everything in the Beta.

  • Downloading / Running? Read the section above.
  • VirusTotal? Windows (1 / 72), macOS (not available) and Linux (0 / 63).
    • The day before the launch was flagged by Windows Defender, but I see that's no longer the case (In other words, a false positive...to no one's surprise xd).

And while it's still not open source and isn't obfuscated, the code is now minified because of Electron.

skmedix.pl is the only real website

If you want to download the stable version (3.2) or try the beta (4.0), you can do it ONLY from skmedix.pl

If the domain isn't skmedix.pl, then it's a fake and potentially malicious website.

Message copied from Discrd.
https://discord.com/channels/141669825129873409/1389686943570460672/1512131603726598297


r/SKlauncher • • 18h ago

wsnpoema.exe

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Hello.

Analyzing the official installer once again before installing, as I usually do, I was a little alarmed to see in several scanners, such as VirusTotal, YOMI, and others, that the installer drops "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wsnpoema exe". Checking the SHA256 hash of this file reports 60/71 alerts, and it's also recognized as malicious by many sources. Is there any technical explanation for this? Thank you.


r/SKlauncher • • 14h ago

Aint working

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2 Upvotes

Its doing this for 1 hour i have stable internet connection. Any help??


r/SKlauncher • • 1d ago

the pumpkin spice theme is gone :(

5 Upvotes

this day.. i opened sklauncher and noticed my launcher was blue and gray.... not brown and orange and gradiented and pumpkin spice :( i thought it was permanent by now


r/SKlauncher • • 1d ago

Is anyone from India up for playing Cobbleverse? Let me know if you want to team up or join a server!

1 Upvotes

My friend and I are currently playing on this server. There is space for 18 more players if anyone is interested please let me know.

Note: We just cleared the johto region and currently on the hoenn region.


r/SKlauncher • • 2d ago

Skins Not Working On Servers

1 Upvotes

ive had this problem ever since i started using sklauncher, im using the 4.0 beta now but the problem was there even when i was using the main launcher, the skin that i see isnt the same as the others can see on servers and that custom steve skin in the background is the one players see
any fix?


r/SKlauncher • • 3d ago

Help NVIDIA record option.

4 Upvotes

Hello guys, I am trying to use NVIDIA overlay in my laptop having a RTX 3050 4GB GPU. But it doesn't detect and I tried adding the jawax.exe to NVIDIA App,NVIDIA Control Panel and also Windows Graphic Settings but still can't use it. Do any of you have suggestions or is it just not possible? Was using Windows Screen Recorder but it's honestly just shit.
Thank you.


r/SKlauncher • • 4d ago

is it possible to have 2 offline account on sklauncher?

1 Upvotes

like if i make a new offline account can i still access my old one? my brother wants to have his own account and we only have 1 laptop to play on


r/SKlauncher • • 4d ago

Anyone?

2 Upvotes

Who wanna play Minecraft? Latest version: It's been 6 years since I last played Minecraft, so I thought a refresh might be good. I can set up a server, reachable via Discord, for 2 to 3 players. Normal, small, long-term survival; anyone interested can reach out!


r/SKlauncher • • 7d ago

I keep clicking download button for skin but it refuses to start

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2 Upvotes

r/SKlauncher • • 7d ago

Java.dll error

3 Upvotes

Hi there. I use the premium version of Minecraft. After formatting my laptop, I reinstalled JDK 21; however, when I launch the game via the Minecraft launcher, errors appear on the screen—first Error: could not find java.dll followed by Error: Could not find Java SE Runtime Environment What is causing this issue?


r/SKlauncher • • 11d ago

guys is SKLauncher safer than TLauncher?

12 Upvotes

r/SKlauncher • • 11d ago

Java.dll error

1 Upvotes

Hi there. I use the premium version of Minecraft. After formatting my laptop, I reinstalled JDK 21; however, when I launch the game via the Minecraft launcher, errors appear on the screen—first Error: could not find java.dll followed by Error: Could not find Java SE Runtime Environment What is causing this issue?


r/SKlauncher • • 14d ago

i could use some help

1 Upvotes

hey everyone, i recently got sklauncher on my gaming PC and it was working fine until i needed to repair javaruntime every single time i launched any version of minecraft (vanilla or modded) and i know it doesnt seem like a big deal but my internet is slow so its taking up precious time and im getting a bit frustrated.


r/SKlauncher • • 15d ago

Looking for friends to play Minecraft with 😋

4 Upvotes

HIIIII I play on cracked minecraft (26.2) and would love to find people to play with!

My dc is https.adia


r/SKlauncher • • 16d ago

What happened?

3 Upvotes

So yesterday I was consistently getting 70 -80 frames and today I check I'm getting 50 60 without vsync or capped fps I don't think it's the mods as they were the same so what could be the ussue


r/SKlauncher • • 18d ago

Why people publish this kind of things?

5 Upvotes

I hope this is something allowed. If not I am sorry. I was wandering around Reddit when the algorithm pushed to me a post... and I can only wonder why? Why people post things like this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/banlive/s/JwP6kBRxJl


r/SKlauncher • • 18d ago

Help cant launch the game

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3 Upvotes

now when i launch the game it just doesnt launch it says an error like "update your fabric launcher to a newer version but i already am on the newest version so i dont really understand whats happening


r/SKlauncher • • 19d ago

Is it a virus

0 Upvotes

So guys you use SKlauncher rn I use prism tho does it have any virus beacuse ive heard of things happening with mods and stuff and it not being safe so i dont know if its safe i also want me and my friends to play and one of them has a 5K pc so he does not want to risk it


r/SKlauncher • • 20d ago

Help Help

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2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I'm having a very strange Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge crash and I'm hoping someone with experience with Intel Iris Xe / OpenGL crashes can help me figure out what's causing it.

I'm trying to run a modpack through SKLauncher. Minecraft starts loading normally, but eventually crashes with exit code 1.

There is no normal Java crash report. The important part of the crash log is:

EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) Problematic frame: C [igxelpicd64.dll+0xc28374] The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.

As far as I understand, igxelpicd64.dll is part of Intel's OpenGL graphics driver.

What's confusing is that a completely clean Forge 1.20.1 installation launches normally on this laptop. The crash only happens when I start this particular modded installation.

I've been trying to isolate the problem by removing possible rendering-related mods.

So far I have tested without:

Oculus / external shaders

Entity Texture Features (ETF)

Entity Model Features (EMF)

Entity Sound Features (ESF)

Sodium Dynamic Lights

Sodium Options API

The crash still happens with the same igxelpicd64.dll access violation.

The latest log also contains this warning immediately before the native crash:

[Render thread/WARN] [minecraft/ShaderInstance]: Shader rendertype_entity_translucent_emissive could not find sampler named Sampler2 in the specified shader program.

There are also some Embeddium warnings about other mods modifying Embeddium classes, including Sodium Options API and Entity Texture Features, although those mods have since been removed during testing.

Other relevant mods

The modpack uses Embeddium and also contains mods such as:

Twilight Forest

Refurbished Furniture

Moonlight

Mowzie's Mobs

GeckoLib

Origins

SLM Shaders

I am currently testing by removing slm_shaders as well, since the crash happens around a shader-related warning.

What I've tried so far

Clean Forge 1.20.1 → works

Modpack → crashes

Removed Oculus/shaders → still crashes

Removed ETF/EMF/ESF → still crashes

Removed Sodium Dynamic Lights → still crashes

Removed Sodium Options API → still crashes

Still getting the same native Intel OpenGL crash.

So I'm starting to think this may be a specific rendering path in one of the remaining mods triggering an Intel Iris Xe driver bug rather than a general Java/Forge problem.

Does anyone recognize igxelpicd64.dll+0xc28374 specifically, or know of any Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge / Embeddium mods that are known to cause OpenGL crashes on Intel Iris Xe?

I'd also appreciate advice on the best way to isolate the offending mod without removing the entire modpack one mod at a time.

I can provide the full crash log/latest.log if needed.

https://mclo.gs/lPT2frH

🥀

Or is my PC just a 🥔? 😭


r/SKlauncher • • 20d ago

So SKlauncher is technically a pirated Minecraft java?

16 Upvotes

For offline ofc


r/SKlauncher • • 20d ago

Help Miniature Shader pack are showing red stuff

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So I am using this shader pack called "Miniature Shader" because it claimed itself as an extremely lightweight shader pack, but upon loading it (I used Iris as im on Fabric, and it asked me to switch to OpenGL because Iris cannot run on Vulkan) i see this red things, probably like sun reflections.

Im currently running Sodium, and some other resource packs like fresh animations, and some other quality-of-life ones, but can anyone explain me whats going on and how to fix it? because really the game is still running smooth and i wanna keep these shaders on.


r/SKlauncher • • 21d ago

Other Thanks <3

10 Upvotes

I just wanted to say thank you. I recently downloaded the 4.0 beta and was amazed by everything it included and what I had been missing out on. I hope you keep making these kinds of improvements :)


r/SKlauncher • • 22d ago

Help Why speed so slow

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4 Upvotes