Malware Package Scam

npm Search packages malware 1.0.0 · Public · Published 9 years ago Readme Code Beta /malware/package.json « Back { "name": "malware", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" }, "author": "", "license": "ISC" }

A screenshot of an npm package page for a package literally named “malware,” showing its package.json file and an empty description. The joke is that the package looks suspiciously like malware, making it a reaction image for discovering that something advertised or downloaded was a scam.

• @jeppa420 / 35300 2025-07-17