List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Contains URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.1
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
78 packages
found in
Top 100
618 packages
found in
Top 1k
4203 packages
found in
Top 10k
27868 packages
in community
Executes files during installation or upon launch.1
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
found in
Top 100
834 packages
found in
Top 1k
6690 packages
found in
Top 10k
83799 packages
in community
Contains IP addresses.2
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
709 packages
found in
Top 1k
4291 packages
found in
Top 10k
27290 packages
in community
Registers a listener that can execute code when a document is either closed, opened, or saved.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
61 packages
found in
Top 100
427 packages
found in
Top 1k
1959 packages
found in
Top 10k
9904 packages
in community
Contains unusually long strings.1
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
12 packages
found in
Top 100
72 packages
found in
Top 1k
195 packages
found in
Top 10k
893 packages
in community
Enumerates installed VS Code extensions.2
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
77 packages
found in
Top 100
546 packages
found in
Top 1k
2817 packages
found in
Top 10k
13539 packages
in community
Opens a URL.2
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
68 packages
found in
Top 100
459 packages
found in
Top 1k
1974 packages
found in
Top 10k
9828 packages
in community
Executes a VS Code command.3
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
625 packages
found in
Top 1k
3822 packages
found in
Top 10k
24018 packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.1
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
89 packages
found in
Top 100
766 packages
found in
Top 1k
5466 packages
found in
Top 10k
40800 packages
in community
The VS Code extension has an activation function that executes code.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
643 packages
found in
Top 1k
4790 packages
found in
Top 10k
66215 packages
in community
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