WeedHack malware has infected over 116,000 Minecraft players through fake mods, hacked clients, and malicious download links.
The malware, built to look like Minecraft launchers and mods, gives hackers access to your screen, files, webcam, accounts, ...
You can install Minecraft Forge for free from the Forge website, and then use it to download and enable mods.
You can try it for yourself, if you like.