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
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
95 packages
found in
Top 100
726 packages
found in
Top 1k
7488 packages
found in
Top 10k
4.56M packages
in community
Might evaluate code dynamically.2
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
122 packages
found in
Top 1k
1491 packages
found in
Top 10k
357.98k packages
in community
Creates shortcuts during installation or upon launch.1
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
13 packages
found in
Top 100
48 packages
found in
Top 1k
708 packages
found in
Top 10k
375.78k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.2
packer
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
40 packages
found in
Top 100
305 packages
found in
Top 1k
3796 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.13M 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
218 packages
found in
Top 1k
3028 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.25M packages
in community
Reads from files.2
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
37 packages
found in
Top 100
186 packages
found in
Top 1k
2304 packages
found in
Top 10k
715.47k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "path" module which provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.2
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
47 packages
found in
Top 100
232 packages
found in
Top 1k
2692 packages
found in
Top 10k
859.79k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "fs" module which is used for interacting with the filesystem.2
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
52 packages
found in
Top 100
233 packages
found in
Top 1k
2586 packages
found in
Top 10k
839.11k packages
in community
Concatenates strings.3
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
72 packages
found in
Top 100
465 packages
found in
Top 1k
5356 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.75M packages
in community
Might output messages to console.2
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
70 packages
found in
Top 100
380 packages
found in
Top 1k
4401 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.08M packages
in community
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