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)
79 packages
found in
Top 100
622 packages
found in
Top 1k
4233 packages
found in
Top 10k
29.36k packages
in community
Executes files during installation or upon launch.3
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
found in
Top 100
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
6746 packages
found in
Top 10k
87.76k packages
in community
The software package contains remotely hosted source dependencies.1
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior commonly used by malicious software (Important)
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
45 packages
found in
Top 100
288 packages
found in
Top 1k
1604 packages
found in
Top 10k
8.43k packages
in community
Might evaluate code dynamically.1
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
73 packages
found in
Top 100
616 packages
found in
Top 1k
3798 packages
found in
Top 10k
23.05k packages
in community
Contains unusually long strings.1
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
731 packages
found in
Top 1k
4953 packages
found in
Top 10k
34.9k packages
in community
Creates shortcuts during installation or upon launch.1
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
492 packages
found in
Top 1k
2989 packages
found in
Top 10k
18.14k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.5
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
89 packages
found in
Top 100
771 packages
found in
Top 1k
5560 packages
found in
Top 10k
43.56k packages
in community
Writes to files.1
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
762 packages
found in
Top 1k
5430 packages
found in
Top 10k
42.86k 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)
83 packages
found in
Top 100
636 packages
found in
Top 1k
4818 packages
found in
Top 10k
69.19k packages
in community
Registers a VS Code command which can later be executed.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
716 packages
found in
Top 1k
5445 packages
found in
Top 10k
75.73k packages
in community
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