List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Count
Category
Executes files during installation or upon launch.1
execution
Prevalence in npm community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeMight evaluate code dynamically.25
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in 
Top 100
 120 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 1482 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 342917 packages
in community
Sets a JavaScript interval, which repeatedly executes code.2
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in 
Top 100
 77 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 1078 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 465645 packages
in community
Contains Unicode-escaped characters that are otherwise printable.2
evasion
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
8 packages
found in 
Top 100
 58 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 587 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 120154 packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.10
packer
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
39 packages
found in 
Top 100
 300 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 3776 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 1056717 packages
in community
Serializes data into the JSON format.3
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
34 packages
found in 
Top 100
 219 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 3011 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 1167590 packages
in community
Splits a string using a regular expression.2
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in 
Top 100
 120 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 1560 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 453168 packages
in community
Replaces a substring in a string using a regular expression.5
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
31 packages
found in 
Top 100
 168 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 1937 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 521130 packages
in community
Creates a regular expression.12
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
37 packages
found in 
Top 100
 214 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 2255 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 588550 packages
in community
Concatenates strings.36
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
71 packages
found in 
Top 100
 469 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 5346 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 1641704 packages
in community
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