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Is it possible to catch a virus using TERMINAL in Visual Studio Code #21809

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With pip yes, it is possible. Especially if you mistype module name.

Just google for news about malware on PyPI. For example: https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/new-pondrat-malware-hidden-in-python.html

That's a common problem for all community-powered software hosting platforms.

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