List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.3
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
679 packages
found in
Top 1k
4393 packages
found in
Top 10k
30.42k packages
in community
Opens URLs during installation or upon launch.3
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
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.18
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.3
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
Enumerates the operating system platform.1
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
76 packages
found in
Top 100
581 packages
found in
Top 1k
3230 packages
found in
Top 10k
17.17k packages
in community
Enumerates CPU information of the system.1
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
58 packages
found in
Top 100
379 packages
found in
Top 1k
1608 packages
found in
Top 10k
7.87k packages
in community
Executes a VS Code command.3
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
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
771 packages
found in
Top 1k
5560 packages
found in
Top 10k
43.56k packages
in community
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