List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Opens URLs during installation or upon launch.1
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
48 packages
found in
Top 100
302 packages
found in
Top 1k
1663 packages
found in
Top 10k
8.56k 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
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
6746 packages
found in
Top 10k
87.76k packages
in community
Registers a listener that can execute code when the state of visible text editors is changed.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
60 packages
found in
Top 100
437 packages
found in
Top 1k
2109 packages
found in
Top 10k
11.61k 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
Executes a VS Code command.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
86 packages
found in
Top 100
627 packages
found in
Top 1k
3947 packages
found in
Top 10k
26.18k packages
in community
Registers a VS Code text editor command which can later be executed.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
20 packages
found in
Top 100
104 packages
found in
Top 1k
510 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.79k packages
in community
Reads from files.2
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
785 packages
found in
Top 1k
5755 packages
found in
Top 10k
48.9k packages
in community
Accesses a previously opened file in VS Code.4
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
80 packages
found in
Top 100
642 packages
found in
Top 1k
4406 packages
found in
Top 10k
35.64k packages
in community
Uses the VS Code "workspace" namespace for managing the current workspace.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
746 packages
found in
Top 1k
5528 packages
found in
Top 10k
47.53k packages
in community
Uses the VS Code "window" namespace for managing the current editor window and UI components.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
91 packages
found in
Top 100
766 packages
found in
Top 1k
5901 packages
found in
Top 10k
81.35k packages
in community
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